[Political Junkie Too]

Seriously, a few Space Shuttle missions ago, I was watching the highlights on the NASA Channel (Day 9, I remember), and it showed a sunrise from the East looking West, and the clouds had a concentric rings formation as seen from the International Space Station cameras. I can't find any video of that, and the mission clips on the NASA site stop before the point where the circles become visible.

I'd swear that those circles were formed by a meteor hitting the atmosphere and causing a shock wave to ripple through the clouds. I wonder if this rain pattern has its roots in micro-meteor strikes causing a pressure wave downward towards the Earth's surface, squeezing moisture out at the vertical points of impact.

I don't have the science or weather background to say with authority, but I had to use a layman's speculation, that's what I'd think.

-PJ

[Judith Anne]

There is no rain. Skies are clear all over the state.