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Why does it keep raining during the weekend?
By Kris Boone,
14 days ago
WICHITA FALLS ( KFDX/KJTL ) — The weather we see every day has some sort of cycle driving the changes in the atmosphere.
We see the daily cycle every day, as temperatures increase during the afternoon and cool back off during the evening hours. The annual weather cycle results in the hottest temperatures during the summer and colder temperatures during the winter.
Atmospheric cycles can have a wide range of timeframes. For example, the El Niño / La Niña Cycle can take years to cycle between the two.
During spring, as the area undergoes the transition from winter to summer, rain chances increase across the southern plains and Texoma.
One of the biggest driving forces on our local weather during spring is the jet stream and the long wave pattern moving around the globe.
Long waves often take five to seven days to complete a cycle, sending the weather bouncing back and forth between stable conditions for a couple of days and a few days of unstable weather along the long wave trough axis.
Here in Texoma, that generally leads to a few days of partly cloudy skies and drier conditions, followed by a couple of days of unsettled weather with cloudy skies and rain.
When the long wave pattern stays closer to the seven-day pattern, rain chances can increase for one or two days a week and repeat for several weeks in a row.
That just so happens to align with the normal weekly routine of our social lives, so when the unsettled weather arrives on the weekend, that pattern can continue for several weeks until the upper-level pattern changes.
This pattern set up well for the end of March and into April. Wichita Falls recorded rain on March 21st, March 27th, April 1st, April 6th, and April 10th, as the long wave pattern would increase rain chances every five to six days.
Nothing lasts forever, so if you are sick and tired of working through the week only to have Mother Nature rain on your days off, fear not. The pattern will eventually change enough to free up the weekends.
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