Posted on 12/17/2008 7:42:08 AM PST by BGHater
Galactus is coming! (Fantastic Four 2 ref.)
Read what I said again. I said that it’s a relatively common occurence when there is an inversion above a very cold airmass.
The most likely cause is cooler air above falling through the cloudcover causing a hole because it warms (lowers humidity) as it falls.
Consider it a reverse thermal upwelling. It warms as it descends thus causing a hole.
I’ve got a long description of the phenomena in one of my met notebooks but I don’t have them here at work.
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