Tropical Storms Linger Longer Over Wet Land & Fizzle Over Dry, But in Truth it's a Universal Phenomena Globally Speaking

"Aug. 24, 1977: Flooded cotton gin on Dogwood Road in Brawley inundated by flood waters following heavy rains"

Los Angeles Times 

Image from Los Angeles Times 1977

The image above is pertinent to this subject. The storm which hit in Imperial Valley in 1977 was Tropical Storm Doreen.. It dumped a massive amount of water. What's important is that the previous year of 1976 the area was hit by Hurricane Kathleen which also downgraded to a tropical storm, but packed with massive amounts of moisture. Is there a connection which later triggered Doreen ??? I think there is and it's happened before.

Update: 2022 & 2023 - Hurricanes Kay & Hillary

Both satellite tracking images below are of Tropical Storm Kay in 2022 and the following year 2023 image tracking of Tropical Storm  Hilary. The first one Kay was the stronger and first storm and the 2nd storm Hilary was significant, but not as strong as Kay. Storm Kay was so intense that Interstate 8 was closed in Meyers Creek area due to landslides and the old SD&AE railroad tracks were washed out on the alluvial fan at Ocotillo California. This pattern is identical to the Storms Kathleen (1976) & Doreen (1977) with Doreen being the lesser although still significant. Now back to main article.

There is a new term known as"Brown Oceans" and I'll provide it's definition below as it beautifully relates to this post's topic. So check out the link below and read about this effect on increased rainfall related to wet soil.

"What is the brown ocean effect? It is rare, but the brown ocean effect refers to when a tropical storm or cyclone maintains or even intensifies in strength as it moves inland, contrary to the usual behaviour of such systems which tend to fragment and peter out once they make landfall."

Brown Ocean Effect

There was an older article back in 2009 that I had bookmarked or rather saved offline some time ago, but it's importance has real meaning now. Especially in view of the present Monsoonal Season in the Southwestern United States and the extreme Fire danger. It is also clearly evident that weather and ecosystems are not behaving as they have traditionally in the past. But this article and study also holds some important Weather or Climate mechanism component understanding when it comes to vegetation's important influence on rainfall. This article of 2009 confirmed some of my gut feelings about Storms gaining energy and strength, not only over water, but also over wet vegetative landscapes where moisture was abundant. Here are some pertinent quotes from the article, followed by the Full Article link, then my take.

"If it has already rained, it's going to continue to pour," according to a Purdue University study of how ocean-origin storms behave when they come ashore.

I love the above quote. While they are clearly talking about Tropical Storms originating off shore over open sea where they gain their strength, energy and momentum, once they come ashore their intensity and longevity are determined by the moisture content of the soil on landscape over which they move.

In so many ways, this to me could be the explanation of what I was describing with the initial Monsoonal cloud formation to full blown Thunderstorm development   over both the Anza and Terwilliger Valleys back in the late 1970s through the late 1990s. The behavior of an isolated Thunderstorm with it's flanking pattern development were entirely different depending on how light or heavy the Winter rainfall had been in the San Jacinto Mountains. As I've described here in the blog on weather patterns in Anza, especially the Cahuilla Mountain phenomena, isolated cloud formation patterns always seemed to develop over specific areas around these Valleys mostly during drier years and geography wasn't necessarily the common factor among all regions. What was the same exact identical common component was old growth vegetation whether chaparral, forest or a mosaic combination of both. That I learned early, and with the 1996 Diego Flats Fire on the north side of Cahuilla Mountain destroying most of the older growth vegetation [both trees and chaparral], that initial cloud multi-cell flanking development over Cahuilla mountain towards the east ceased to perform thereafter which for me was the exclamation point on old growth vegetation's importance to storm development and ultimately rainfall within a given surrounding area. With the removal of the vegetation structural component, all mechanism of hydraulic lift and redistribution of water and electrical conductivity from deep Earth to the surface and ultimately into the atmosphere ceased at least temporarily. Even the release of VOCs or plant aerosols was temporarily shut down preventing such development. The quotes below are also outstanding on this pattern. Keep in mind that most of this multi-cell Thunderstorm cloud flanking pattern in an isolated region is usually more pronounced during dry winter rainfall years. Isolated cloud or storm development will mainly be confined over areas of dense vegetation. This is because the moisture content is still within reach of the deep rooted old growth Chaparral and Trees which create conductivity and transport of moisture by means of hydraulic lift and redistribution from deep water table regions by bring such to the surface. The ground is also negatively charged and ions released into the positively charged atmosphere along with tons of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds otherwise known as aerosols for which particles act as a nuclei point of water droplet formation. If however the winter season was excessively heavy with rainfall, as was the 1978-1983 El Nino wet period, that isolated cloud development would no longer be observable as most all of the land surface areas had enough moisture conductivity to develop clouds which in turn created at times one massive cell stretching for miles. Interestingly, in during these very wet season periods after that first initial Thunderstorms would downpour accompanied by lightning and thunder, as the quotes below reveal, these large strong storm would linger or endure and proceed to light shower for many hours until the system had complete wrung itself dry from the monsoonal flow. The next day, the entire process would repeat. In the summer of 1983, my home on Table Mountain received almost 9 inches of rain just during the period of late June to  July-August & first half of September. I just wish more of these researchers would start making some of these same connections.

"Once a storm comes overland, it was unclear whether it would stall, accelerate or fizzle out," said Dev Niyogi, Indiana state climatologist and associate professor of agronomy and earth and atmospheric sciences. "We found that whether a storm becomes more intense or causes heavy rains could depend on the land conditions - something we'd not considered. Thus far we've looked at these storms based mainly on ocean conditions or upper atmosphere."

What was fascinating about watching the buildup at certain specific locations during those drier periods, was that the same locations would always be first to kick off the monsoonal development. The main cloud formation starting points for which the leading tip of the cloud flank would actually manufacture separate cells, one after another with the first, second, third and so first over multiple times at 10 minute intervals.  Most first development often started over the Buck Snort Mountains south of Terwilliger which had heavy dense undeveloped Redshank dominated chaparral forest on the southern region of Cahuilla Reservation. What was interesting about this location which always seemed to receive the regions first downpours was that the first rains would start there and over a period of days into weeks while the pattern existed, would widen out and expand beyond the chaparral over to the drier grassland regions of Terwilliger. But always the initial main downpour always remained mostly over that old growth chaparral location. As the expansion grew, so did storm intensity where larger portions of moist ground conductivity increased more extensively. It's exactly as described in the quotes below.

"The same phenomenon - the evaporation from the ocean that sustains the storms - could be the same phenomenon that sustains that storm over land with moisture in the soil," he said. "The storm will have more moisture and energy available over wet soil than dry."

Article Source: Purdue University August 26, 2009

Tropical storms endure over wet land, fizzle over dry 

Credit: Philippe Tarbouriech

This photograph I'm using as an illustration of what I use to see over the Salton Sea at around 4:00 - 5:00 in the morning, the day after Thunderstorms had come and gone over the mountains east and west of Imperial Valley. While storms often never rumbled over the sea during the day, At night was always a different story. While the mountains were often cooled down and uplift not as great, the deserts at night were always different, with loads of uplift energy. Towards morning however, even the deserts would quiet down. However, energy was always over the Salton Sea. The sea often times could have four or even five small isolated Thunderstorms. The eastern sky horizon on the eastern side of the sea towards Arizona was always a blaze before the sun came up. The mushroom shaped storm clouds themselves were mostly black silhouettes and even the rain bands themselves were mere streaks flowing from cloud to water. The only real colour other than the beautiful sunrise would be the intermittent flash of lightning hitting the sea below. I never had a camera with me when I'd see such scenes. I was always in a hurry to get to Brawley or El Centro CA. One day someone with a mind to will document such breath taking scenic natural phenomena over a body of water mostly demonized for something not it's fault and over which it has no control over.   Still, this beautiful Sea and those storms prove the worth of the research provided by researchers on the important conductivity of heavy moisture to sky thunderstorm formation.

Photo Credit: F. Guichard

Initiation of a Thunderstorm over the semi-arid Desert of the  Sahel in the region of the West African Sub-Sahara in the  country of Mali. In so many ways this photo reminds me of those same aspects I described in my observation of cloud formation and development over Anza & Terwilliger Valleys for almost 20+ years. Notice the storm and rain over the heavier vegetation growth in the far distance and only then moving over drier landscapes of grassland or bare soil. As ground moisture content increases, so does the storm development and longevity increase.

So then, this description I've just given about Anza and Terwilliger Valleys is also identical to this next article later in 2011 where cloud formation over a combined mosaic pattern of dry and wet landscape helps storm development in the sub-Sahara called the Sahel Desert regions. In the above picture with the Storm over the desert, it reminds me of storm creation over chaparral which then proceeds to move over the drier grassland of Terwilliger. Of course this is an entirely different circumstance, but the components are almost identical. Why more research, habitat design and rehabilitation  establishment never has these climate developments in mind as a goal is beyond me. These stuff never gets explained to anyone. You'll never find it in textbooks. This information also illustrates why remote heavy vegetation growth  [Chaparral Plant Community in southwest regions] far far away from any Human development should never be deliberately prescribed or control burned. Rouse Ridge from Thomas Mountain to Cranston Ranger Station on Hwy 74 comes to mind. When I was living in this area in the 80s & 90s, that ridge was continually under fuel management programs. Never have I ever seen or heard of major fire starting there and moving towards civilization to the west which is what they have always feared. All they have done is allow non-native weeds and grasses to invade and almost guarantee a disaster scenario. But most all mountains with inaccessible terrain should always be maintained & kept as an old growth biological weather creation and moderating mechanism if they really believe or want to reverse this climate change. Global obliteration of many of these ecosystems has contributed heavily to weather pattern disruption. The CO2 increases, warming Temps and other factors are mere symptoms of the real problem. But not one viable recommendation of vegetation rebuilding can be found anywhere from any Nation. Mostly the stupid solutions being promoted are of an artificial nature because it involves someone making a profit off the deal. Some things should not be pursued just because there may be financial gain in it for some corporation, but because it's the right thing to do.

Sahel Desert Storm Development Article:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621101323.htm

Credit: Steve Horstmeyer

The thing about beautiful illustration on the left is, it is one that most people have actually viewed many times during the  monsoonal season, but probably have never given it any thought other than it being a common storm buildup. This above is a fully developed storm, but early stages will show separate small cell creation with a noticeable the tip being an initial starting point of that development and believe it or not, there will be almost mathematical timing intervals between each cell cloud, with each cloud preceding the one prior to it growing in bulk to eventually feed into the biggest one which will act as a magnet to draw all the others into it. This is what always use to take place at Cahuilla Mountain before the 1996 fire changed all that with the complete destruction of the heavy old growth vegetation which could no longer provide that go between catalyst  to facilitate the conductivity connection from the negatively charged Earth to the positively charged atmosphere.

© Copyright 2008 METEO SYSTEMS. All rights reserved.

As most readers will recognize this illustration above, it's one of my all time favourites. It comes to us from the Swiss Company who claimed to have made 52 Synthetic Thunderstorm rains during the monsoonal season by tapping into the humid flow coming up from Somalia in the country and region of Dubai on the Arabian Peninsula in 2010. For me it is also a representation of the geologic feature of Cahuilla Mountain and the cloud manufacturing natural phenomena with it's conveyor belt assembly line system. The exciting thing for me was when I checked the Patents which are required to explain in some detail what they do to accomplish this task with this rain technology. The hill in the animation represents selected high elevation points where the towers were located. At these points, a process called orographic updraft can influence flow. From there a large amount of energy was used to transmit into the humid positively charged atmosphere those negatively charge ions [normally done by trees & shrubs] which would create interactions. But aerosols were also released into this environment to facilitate particle nuclei positioning for water droplet formation (clouds) to properly develop. What you all should understand here is that this proves they know precisely what is important for climate and what moderates, maintains and drives weather systems. It's more than just mere physics. Biological components are a must. 

 

Hydraulic Lift from deeply rooted chaparral
is an important component to redistribution
of moisture from deeper layers of Soil to
other plants on the surface. This connection
to deep ground conductivity and release of
their aromatic aerosols also add to our
climate maintenance.

As previously referenced, Leonel Sternberg of the University of Miami pioneered important research on the Amazon Rainforests which provide a sustainable mechanism for maintaining these forests in the dry seasons by means of a ground water influenced weather mechanism which has no connection to storms off oceans. The forests incorporates hydraulic lift and redistribution and evapo-transpiration which helps create a ground to atmosphere recycling system of rainfall from tropical thunderstorms. Each day the process repeats itself. It's this same type of system I believe maintained forests in the southwestern North America with a very similar recycling to maintain the biological system even during summer periods or even drought periods, for which extremely deep rooted Chaparral mechanisms would tap into the seasonal monsoonal flows to create cloud formations. Of course most of the deep ground Aquifers would have been untapped, closer to the surface and available as a source of healthy moisture acquisition by deeper rooted plants to be evenly distributed among the entire plant network above. Conductivity, aerosols and evapo-transpiration would have been healthy enough which would have accounted for the greater bio-diverse life which once existed on Earth. I'm making this post as a source of reference for my posts on what Juan Baustista de Anza wrote in his diary with the description of the richer plant and animal landscape he saw first hand and documented in text. At one time I had thought his work was an exaggeration, but clearly it was not. I also want to counter some of the myths of larger and greater forests of the region being in existence 1000s of years ago, when it is clear that the existence was even around in many areas just a few hundred years back. It may take thousands of years to create and build, but it takes a mere 150 years to wrecking ball it.
I also appreciate that much of this may be boring to most people, but knowing the natural mechanisms can actually help in rebuilding the Earth. Of course that's assuming that every individual on Earth actually cares and get's the implications of not caring. The one thing Science is incapable of doing is changing people hearts which motivates behavior. Scientists haven't exactly been the best of communicators historically, but that will have to change. Expecting such a thing to happen of course is like saying the world's leadership from Politicians to Religious Clergy will change for the better. Hmmm, "When the Sahara Freezes Over" - even still, practical application of things observed out in nature can still benefit people on an individual level.

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Some references: 

(Note: Don't kid yourself that all this understanding is new and fresh. The Scientific authorities have known about these natural mechanisms for years and have done nothing to make practical application in replication of the observation. There are of course some exceptions, but the deliberate ignorance as with so many otherr beneficial subjects with regard to our natural world seems to be the rule. Otherwise our planet would look much morre different.)

An in Depth View of Earth's Climate Creation & Maintenance Mechanisms and the Synthetic Biology Science is Pushing as a Replacement Solution

Rainfall exclusion in an eastern Amazonian forest alters soil water movement and depth of water uptake

http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=fmeinzer

Other related Research of Interest:

TreeHugger: "Pollution Prevents Thunderstorms but it also Makes Them Worse"

Update: March 2nd, 2015

Deforestation could shift monsoons, leaving India high and dry

Update: April 7, 2025

Soil conditions significantly increase rainfall in megastorm hotspots

An in Depth View of Earth's Climate Creation & Maintenance Mechanisms and the Synthetic Biology Science is Pushing as a Replacement Solution

Special Note: For some time now I've observed that in our world's rushed modern era of super-fast paced lifestyles and all manner social networking choices which tends to dumb people down (No offense, I'm often there too), it tends to cause short attention spans. Warning !!! This post will be lengthy, but filled with enough important info that will attempt to enlighten, refresh or even attempt to recall back to many people's minds many things they also have observed in nature as I have, but never gave it another thought. And they should have. I won't be touching much on the bad science of cloud seeding. That irresponsible technology speaks volumes about the oft ignorance of Science & Scientists wedded to corporate masters and the subject also fuels the conspiracy sites which focus much more attention on this with a flood of their own propaganda anyway. I'm more focused on our natural world's climate/weather creation and maintenance mechanisms and how a healing of these complex components are the real solution to the problem. Sadly today, many in the Scientific community champion innovative shortcut  solutions, which for the most part fall far short of the desired goal of a healthy planet and are mainly motivated by Legacy building along with providing eye-candy to the public that they are actually doing something important, The reality is patent pursuit and a plethora of profit angles. 

Clouds: Why Does This Little Cloud Exist?

You don't need a degree in physics, chemistry or biology to be able to be a good gardener, landscaper or outdoor enthusiast. Do any of the above endeavors require the understanding of countless biology or physics theorems to achieve successful outcomes ? Hardly! However, many a beginning novice gardener, landscaper or folks who pursue a love of the outdoors often discover something we call "Heuristics" or more commonly known as "Rule of Thumb" (the TRUE - 'Green Thumb') which is acquired through trail and error. Now the real funny thing here is this, many modern Academics will come along and formalize these into theorems, teach them through textbooks and long boring lectures to a new generation researchers, who then become slaves to the theory, taught to ignore their own common sense and end up participating in the destruction of the natural world they're supposedly trying to save. Clearly there are many successful researchers involved in any of these pursuits are motivated by a love of their work and have learned through hands on experience and observation from which the creation of true innovations are discovered by the use of common sense. We actually have a term for this now, Biomemetics. Most gardeners,  landscapers and outdoor enthusiasts don't put theories into practice. If anything, they create theories out of practice. 

Now if you aren't bored yet and are still interested in reading of some common sense strategies which can be acquired through simple observation and comparing these to some truly amazing real world scientific studies & discoveries, then continue reading!

Animation Credit: Daily Mail

Meteo-Systems Weather Modification 

There is no end to the arrogance and excuse making by those fully immersed behind this world's Bad Science. I'm talking mainly about those corporations who employ the best Scientists money can buy. Certainly there are good well meaning and conscientious Scientists and other honest researchers who draw our attention to the dangers of continuing down this wrong way road to understanding , but they do NOT have the same funding and resources as those Researchers employed by this world's giant business corporation monopolies. The Earth's natural climate system drivers and moderators have for the most part been damaged, perhaps in some areas beyond repair. This world's Scientists (the good as well as bad) actually know the mechanisms by which our planet's water cycling system moves and exists. Countless research papers have been published on the complexity of Earth's vegetative systems and some of the incredible natural phenomena associated with them by which climate and weather are created and maintain with perfect precision when left alone. We were all treated to the above illustration at the end of 2011 by The Daily Mail and other online publications reporting on the weather modification and creation claims of a Swiss Corporation called  Meteo-Systems International AG ("Meteo")  who said they had the secret weapon against global warming or climate change and the acquisition of water resources. Some of the popular Weather Modification Watchdog Groups out there on the Internet claim that such technology could even be a cause for these later day Frankenstorm events. While some information these groups reveal is intriguing and perhaps factual, it becomes muddled in imaginative fiction where cloak and dagger government conspiracies seem to abound everywhere. Personally I could care less about some of the imaginative sensationalism of an X-Files conspiracy love affair stories between suspected characters who could only be described as Agent Mulder in bed with the Smoking Man - Mr Spender. The real science (the important science) is never addressed or focused on and that's the real shame. So much could be learned otherwise.

The first real rain experiment by Meteo-Systems that the sensational headlines was conducted with the help of $13+ million dollars from the country of Dubai where it was claimed that Meteo-Systems created over 52 Thunderstorms from that country's weather anomaly called the Indian Monsoon Current which is facilitated by the Somali Jet Stream which normally makes things humid in Arabia, but dumps most of the rain further north in Afghanistan Pakistan and parts of India. So the question begs: Did this Swiss Corporation Meteo-Systems AG actually tap into this wet monsoonal current and make it rain in Arabia as they claimed ? Also, did their modification system have anything to do with the 2010 catastrophic flooding of Pakistan and India that same time period of the summer of 2010 ? To their credit Meteo-Systems is not like the normal conventional weather modification or Geoengineering companies. At least that is the impression I get from the information presented on their newer website. I'll get to that further on down. First take a look at this illustration below.

This explanation from Live Science was given showing traditional well known weather modification systems at the top of the picture who irresponsibly employ the use of chemicals for cloud seeding and the supposedly new system invented by Meteo-Systems AG which attempts to electrically charge the air to encourage already existing aerosols into water droplet formation. Actually they didn't really invent anything. What they did was utilize another kind of science which are  called Biomimetics which for the most part is nothing more than copyright violation & infringement of things already existing out in Nature (*grinning*), but claiming them as their own without revealing much of the specifics or giving credit to Earth's natural mechanisms. This cloud formation and rainfall mechanism is already in existence out in Nature as other parts of Science and their Researchers have previously revealed to us over the past couple of decades. So it's really nothing new. It's just simply something new to the average person reading the findings on online journals.

Photo Credit: Meteo-Systems AG

Of course when the News of the 52 synthetic Thunderstorms created in the hot dry Arabian Peninsula was reported on, it was only natural that folks everywhere would ask the "How Questions". Looking for information back then was difficult and cloaked in a mystery of generalized terms and explanations. The only link to info back then was of a very generic website cited here below which still exists. Mostly it was disappointing for anyone researching for pertinent facts and viable knowledge, but fortunately, they have really upgraded the informational content of their website which still exists.

Back in the January 2011 revelations on this subject, the only real  info on the technology created and owned by Meteo-Systems International AG could be found online through the Weather Modification Patents recording site called Patent Docs and other sites recording Patent information. In this link below are recorded the methods of aerosol usage in conjunction with grounded based towers transmitting electrical negative ions released into the upper atmosphere. Note: This is identical to what all vegetative systems accomplish on Earth when left alone in a healthy state. At the bottom of this post I'll list the articles or posts I've written on this subject. Much of these Natural systems have been badly disrupted leading to our present crisis of climate change and erratic weather pattern anomalies. So for your own personal information, here are a number of Patent Descriptions on some official sites:

Patent application title: APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS FOR WEATHER MODIFICATION BY ELECTRICAL PROCESSES IN THE ATMOSPHERE Read more: http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20110174892#ixzz2DKcnVBDn

Apparatus and related methods for weather modification by electrical processes in the atmosphere - United States Patent Application 20110174892

CLAIMS MADE: US Patent Application 20110174892 - APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS FOR WEATHER MODIFICATION BY ELECTRICAL PROCESSES IN THE ATMOSPHERE

Recently however Meteo-Systems has come out with a newer site which appears to have been created in 2005 , but last modified in July 2012. Along with all manner of deeper informative explanations of the technology, there are also numerous photos of the actual tower apparatuses used, which for the most part were shrouded in mystery hidden behind some creative artwork used by the media. Below is the new website link where they appear to be fully open about who they are and what they do.

Photo Credit:  Meteo-Systems AG

Fascinating photo of the antenna array high on a hill above Dubai. Though the animation was more colourful in it's description, this never the less reveals what the true system looks like.

Photo Credit: Meteo-Systems AG

Here's a further photo gallery below of various tower designs from Meteo-System AG's own website.

Credit: Meteo Systems

Selecting the appropriate sites is important for increasing rain in a target area At this point, I'd like to take you to an illustration on their site which is intriguing and actually enlightening as to their true attempt at replicating nature. This animation from their website illustrates why a high geological location is necessary and imperative to the success of their program and devices. Take a look below.

© Copyright 2008 METEO SYSTEMS. All rights reserved.

This is truly a kool illustration on the left  here and something similar to what I wanted a friend of mine to create for me this coming summer 2013 to illustrate some natural phenomena I have personally observed countless times over and over again up in the San Jacinto Mountains in Southern California during the monsoon season which moves up from Mexico every summer. In the above illustration, Meteo-System's WeatherTec tower devices need an exacting appropriate location in order to be the most effective. I can tell you it works the same way in nature with regards vegetation, though Meteo is not in the business of revealing this. It must also be mentioned that these systems do not create clouds and rain out of dry thin air. That's impossible and to their credit they admit this. They have to wait for a specific time of year for their own monsoonal moisture event to take place and move over the landscape. This is identical to the way the monsoons work in Nature as well.  As I referenced at the beginning of this post, this mechanism which they (Meteo-System's Technology) tap into is called Indian Monsoon Current and it is facilitated in it's northward movement by what is called the Somali Jet Stream which pushes northward from east Africa through Oman on it's way into Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was this heavy moisture flow stream from which they tapped into and the same flow which caused the flooding in Pakistan that same year.

So according to the illustration and explanation above, these towers need to be positioned on a high geographical point of location in order to properly feed the negative electrical ions into the atmosphere to interact with the already existing aerosols for water droplet formation and growth. This actually is what takes place in nature on a natural normal level, but with mostly healthy old growth vegetation with a deep healthy rooting structural network tapped into and grounded deep into the Earth's electrical conductivity and underground water table. This same vegetation when exposed to the correct  physical anomalies on the surface and in the atmosphere will also release tons of aerosols upwards into the high atmosphere along with the release of electrically charge negative ions. In previous posts I have written about the scientific findings of vegetation's effect on climate building and maintenance  HERE , HERE , HERE , HERE , and also some of the grounded networked mechanisms which facilitate this HERE , HERE , and recent published reports of this same networks of electrical charge deep down within ocean floors HERE which may also influence the reactions and interactions of trillions upon trillions of microscopic organisms like Plankton and other bacteria which release aerosols to facilitate cloud formation over the Earth's vast oceans. So with all this in mind now, let's revisit that illustrative artwork and allow Meteo-System's own comments to explain exactly what is going on below.

Credit: © Copyright 2008 METEO SYSTEMS. All rights reserved.

WeatherTec™ uses entirely natural processes and combines scientific theory and practice to mimic the manner in which the sun’s cosmic rays ionize the atmosphere and so impact on the earth’s Global Electric Circuit to affect cloud microphysics. The technology utilizes the “pipeline in the sky” where atmospheric humidity from the oceans can be transported many hundreds of kilometers inland to bring water down to ground in the form of rainfall or snow. So there it is once again, the artwork illustration just above here along with the Meteo-System Company's explanation which actually makes very good sense and here's why. I have actually observed this monsoonal weather phenomena they are describing here and I understand fully the reasons why they are patterning their tower array setup to replicate what actually already takes place everywhere out in nature. When I view this above illustration, I can picture in my mind a geographical location up in Anza California called Cahuilla Mountain. From the first time I moved up there in Anza and noticed summer monsoonal cloud formation up in the San Jacinto Mountains, I always wondered why specific geographic locations had the same phenomena of cloud building and influence time after time during the season AND year after year in those same locations for well over a decade. Incredibly it often looked so mechanical and organized almost as if being run behind the scenes somewhere through a computer simulation. On the point of wondering and thought reflection with regards cloud formation, if I could put my thoughts into words, they would be almost identical to those of Howard Perlman from the USGS Water Science School pages on their site. Take a look at that photo I posted at the top of the page in my intro. Remember the question: "Why Does This Little Cloud Exist?"

Credit: USGS - Howard Perlman

"For this little cloud to form, certain meteorlogical conditions must be present, but what was so unique about that area of maybe a few hundred square meters that would allow this lonely cloud to form? What puzzled me so much was trying to figure out how the weather conditions would be right for cloud formation in the one very tiny section of the sky, but not a few hundreds yards above, below or next to it? Out of the whole expanse of many square miles of the sky, what was happening in this tiny dot of the sky that would allow a cloud do form, and form just right there?" (Source)

Seriously, have YOU ever had those same thoughts and wonderment when viewing a little singular cloud up in a sky of clear blue all around and pondered why the phenomena of cloud appearance is happening specifically there and nowhere else ? Cahuilla Mountain, Beauty Peak, BuckSnort Mountains and Lookout Mountain which are all around the perimeter of Anza Valley all have similar cloud creation characteristics. Here was Howard Perlman's response to his own question:

"The answer is—I don't know! Likely a difference in humidity or the concentration of vapor or maybe a spot of warmer or colder air? So, I can't provide an answer, but if any of you are weather experts have the knowledge, please email me with a scientific answer and I will post it here."

The interesting thing about the orographic and convective cloud formation being facilitated on top of a mountain like Cahuilla, is that the geography is only part of the answer. If it were mere geographic formations like mountains (and I have thought on this in the past) then there would be no deserts like the Sahara. In the case of Dubai, where for the most part it is devoid of any or very little vegetation for the transmittal of negative ions, Meteo-Systems applied their own Antenna array on the mountain top to transmit electrical negative ions into the atmosphere. So what component in Nature allows for this ?

Image: National Weather Service

Take as an animated example here of a Thunderhead formation which often will be seen as having those flanking tails which taper down to a specific starting point. I know most all of you have seen these before, but have never given it a second thought. It is this lowest starting point at which much of the charging takes place where the smallest cloud forms at the beginning, then proceeds to move towards the largest cloud making up the great thunderhead. This is EXACTLY what I would witness first hand while watching cloud formations over Cahuilla Mtn from my location at a friends house (Kenneth Balliger Sr & Jr) off south Howard Road & Hwy 371 in Anza. In fact my friends were there with me back in 1984 as we first saw it for the first time and discussed what was going on. This phenomena would start with a tiny wisp of cloud over the middle of Cahuilla Peak, then from that point proceeded to move eastward towards the town of Anza itself where the massive Thunderhead itself was forming. Between the Thunderhead and the newborn tiny infant cloud above the Peak, there were maybe 8 to 10 evenly spaced cloud anomalies all the while growing in size as they finally met with the largest Thunderhead cloud at the end, only to be sucked up into it. The timing and precision between the separate cloud formations was exact, hence the reason I mentioned comparison to a conveyor belt mechanism run by computer simulation. It was just that organized. 

One more note that I think is important mentioning here. In this Meteo-System's illustration, in Anza, this more accurately describes a winter time scenario. However, if you could imagine for a moment in that illustration, a different wind direction coming from right to left. If the hill in the animation were to represent Cahuilla Mountain as it would be viewed from the south, the then right to left wind direction in the same picture represents the easterly flow of monsoonal moisture coming from the east out of Arizona towards the Pacific Ocean coast. However, the cloud formation direction, movement and development of the actual Thunderstorm would always remain the same in that illustration. As we stood there observing this incredible phenomena, we commented on the ability of the clouds to move directly eastward against the blustery east to west movement of the monsoonal flow. How could this be possible ?  It seems to defy physics as we know them. Clearly this is similar to natural phenomena described by Viktor Schauberger who also witnessed many mysterious natural phenomena or anomalies which seemed to defy the conventional then known Laws of Physics. He was accused of all manner of pseudo-scientific practice and was demonized as a heretical rabble rouser. Yet he lived at a time (1885 - 1958) where such natural phenomena still existed and could still be easily observed, though not necessarily and accurately explained with the limited knowledge of the time. Still, given the degradation of our present environment on Earth, he obviously was on to something important. This is why I don't discount what the present modern day arrogance discounts as legends myths and fables for no other reason that they can't explain them. Given the disastrous consequences of this present climate change or shifting, I am wondering who really has the correct understanding on how the Earth and it's incredible mechanisms. Being shackled to making a Buck is a hindrance to true understanding. Hence, we are prisoner to Industrial Science and it's power and wealth grab motivations.

Below is a quick video of cloud formation by means of orographic & convection forces on the top of a mountain. Take special note in the rapid time lapse of the newer cloud always forming over the same exact spot on the right hand side of this video. Notice also this area of formation appears to be directly above the more heavily vegetated area of trees in a forest, while the surrounding area appears to be granite rock.

On July 3, 1996 there was an arson fire that was set a blaze by some degenerate wack-job around the Juan Diego Flats parking area on the north side of Cahuilla Mountain. I believe this fire was named back then the "1996 Diego Fire". It was aggressively pushed up hill and easily along by strong afternoon westerly winds from Temecula and the Pacific coast. This fire ate up almost all old growth Pine/Oak woodland Forest and Chaparral plant community vegetation. From that point forwards, at least while I still lived up there until leaving in 2002, I never ever again saw that cloud formation phenomena happen in the same precise patterns like some well oiled machine as before. I have no idea if the natural system has healed yet, but hopefully I'll be able to document something next year while visiting. Way back in the 1980s, I or we didn't have the camera equipment or even forethought to document those experiences which is truly a shame. I certainly had no interest in writing things down as in these blogs. Even now I only do so because of the climatic circumstance of living in Sweden which shackles me to a life of indoor living. Hopefully my written experiences here triggers the memory of others who have had similar observations to document. As time pants on to the end, such experiences of these amazing phenomena will be harder to come by, but let's hope not. All I can say is that someone else out there has seen this or will now be more observant in view of our understanding on how these climate mechanisms actually work.

As a side point here of note. To properly view this phenomena, you need a monsoonal situation where the clouds are not a frontal squall coming in from the east. The day needs to have moist humid conditions coming in from the east southeast with the day starting out with crystal blue skies and gradually developing clouds. At the point of first cloud formation anomalies, look at that specific location below for the characteristics described. On another important note, you may not see this summertime phenomena very clearly if the winter season has been an extremely heavily wet El Nino year or years. This is because if there was record rainfall the previous winter, the ground will still be saturated over the entire area. If that is the case, then the conductivity of the entire area will allow for easier cloud formation which will cover the entire region.  So specific location cloud formation will be more difficult to detect. Yes, this was also my observation during El Nino summers. Rainfall in El Nino summers in Anza having 8 or more inches were not uncommon as cloud cover was complete from horizon to horizon. Isolated storm formation due to areas of old growth vegetation drawing up conductivity through enhanced Hydraulic Lift and Redistribution were harder to observe. Just an interesting side point. Here is a further link to my post on Timeless Environments which allows for easier and simpler views of this amazing Cahuilla Mountain.

LINK: Cahuilla Mountain, Anza, California

Animation Credit: Australian Rain Technologies

This animation is from the Australian Rain Technologies group and their ATLANT Technology. Notice the similarity by way of comparison to the Meteo-System which describes the same exact location properties for the strategic placement of towers for this  cloud formation and rainmaking utilizing orographic and convective anomalies ? Once again, see the similarity in designing concepts and technology as the Meteo-Systems ?

Photo Credit: Australian Rain Technologies

View this Video: "New Ways to Rain - Australian Rain Technologies"

I suppose summing up here, I do have a measure of admiration for the company Meteo-Systems and a couple other companies whose main concept is the electrically charged ions release into the atmosphere and their illustrative graphics if for no other reason than they justify and illustrate what I have been telling many for years about weather phenomena and it's necessary association with healthy vegetated ecosystems. Though I think such weather improvement programs should be including some type of a revegetation program. Even in Dubai and the Saudi Arabian Peninsula itself, there is evidence of the area being at one time fully vegetated. For example, after the infamous Desert Storm 1990 war with Iraq, I remember reading an article in the San Diego Union Tribune of  researchers who viewed the satellite photos which were found to contain an indentation anomaly on the ground from Yemen to the country of Kuwait. Ground studies were conducted and an ancient river was discovered which once flowed the entire Arabian Peninsula with it's ancient delta in the country of Kuwait.  Incredibly the ground studies revealed this same ancient river had recently flowed only a little over 4000 years ago. Hmmmmmm ???

There are also other companies doing much of the same thing, but I'll post on them later either in another post or a side page at the top right of this blog. At the very least I'll link to their own websites below under the references.

 The world's Global Economies are based on this obsession with wealth creation which demands that for a country to be considered as having a so-called healthy economy, they must be more of an exporter of more than the goods they import and they also need to encourage their citizens towards an unlimited consumption lifestyle, even on credit if necessary. Such economies require tons of raw materials. Raw materials are hard to come by very easily now in our modern times. Often times wholesale destruction of pristine forested ecosystems must be removed to actually get at them. Take the Canadian Tar Sands oil-shale projects in Alberta Province as an example. Now let's factor in all the other Earth damaging component realities like these common modern day occurrences of freakish weather storms which also bring wholesale destruction. Rebuilding all these urban infrastructures requires even more and more raw materials and they have to come from somewhere. The industrial world's quest for these raw materials mandates an Industrial Forestry policy to replace what has been obliterated. There is no time nor patience for allowing nature to heal on it's own, hence artificial synthetic biology appears to be the best they can conceive. Factor in also this world's ongoing civil upheavals and outright War which also destroys infrastructure and these too need replacing & rebuilding which also requires more and more raw materials. Again the natural world is the one that takes the huge hit, but in so doing, so do all the physical weather mechanisms which were put in place eons ago that allow life to continue on this planet. These cannot be replaced overnight and no amount of unnatural irresponsible genetic modification of plant species is going to speed things up either.

Photo Credit: National Wildlife Federation

Now that you have a deeper understanding of how the natural world's climate and weather creation mechanisms work and operate, how much of a weather component mechanism would you now say has been lost here in the photo above, now that you understand some of the water cycling principals better ? What effect or impact of these Alberta Tar Sands Projects do you think such action has had or will have on the surrounding provinces of Canada or perhaps North America in general ? Could this irresponsible action and technology have played a role or even an ongoing role in the present North American Drought ? I hope everyone understands that this photograph above is just a fraction of how bad it really is up in this region ?

  Photo Credit: habeeb.com 

This is one of the oldest Cedar of Lebanon Grove (or what is left of  those once vast forested mountains) in Becharri Lebanon. Notice the high stone wall that surrounds what is left of the forest ? Most of these mountains in Lebanon, Syria and Israel were covered with huge dense vast spreading forests of this tree along with other important vegetation like Oaks, Aleppo and Stone Pine. If you Google the history of this area and it's iconic tree, you'll find that the destruction of these forests really took off around the Industrial Revolution era with the then existing Ottoman Empire which needed wood to run it's steam trains throughout the Empire which extended from Turkey, to Bagdad to Egypt and Arabia along the Red Sea. Further information on this relates how even your average Lebanese citizen has ventured up into those mountains in search of valuable raw materials for whatever purpose they had in mind. This site above is well guarded now and you can still see the chainsaw scars of recent poaching of wood. So here are some more questions. What effect do you believe, after now having a greater understanding of the natural world's complex weather modification and creation systems ? What are the bad consequences on climate to this part of the world due to the wholesale removal and destruction of these once vast historical ancient forests by humans ?  Do you believe there has been any effect at all ? Do you believe that the present list of Scientific innovations such as replacing biological components with Synthetic ones are the real answers we need as far as solutions for this planet Earth's survival ?

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Further Reading References:

http://www.australianrain.com.au/

Habeeb.con - Cedars of Lebanon

http://www.aquiess.com/

http://www.meteo-systems.com/

Looks like rain: what makes some clouds rain while others merely drift serenely overhead? Mark Anderson sticks his head in a cloud.

The Boston Globe: DROUGHT BUSTERS IONOGENICS FASHIONS ITSELF A LATTER-DAY RAINMAKER - BUT SKEPTICS QUESTION ITS PROCESS OF RADIATING ELECTRICITY INTO THE AIR.

USGS: The Water Cycle: Water Storage in the Atmosphere

Envirotech: Looking for a change in the weather

http://www.aquiess.com/WMO-Statement-Weather-Modification.pdf