Or maybe absorbed in enjoying sopaipillas or fry bread.

And I don't get easily distracted by.....Oooh, shiny ....
What was the question?

I had in-laws in South Valley and used to enjoy my visits there--especially during fair season. Great town!

PM me if you ever are heading this way again....Oops, HAD in laws...Guess you ain't heading this way any time soon..But if you do...

Yeah, the in-laws are exes but we all remain on good terms. It's a wonderful family that has 12 great kids--many of whom are still there.

I haven't done a cross-country road trip in a while, but when I do I usually plan on stopping in ABQ. Especially when the Sandias are snowed in. I nearly got frostbite once having to put my chains on heading up to the pass in a storm. (I also broke my shoulder once while inner-tubing in the Sandias.)

But I know I can count on you to steer us to the best places for food and salsa--rain, snow or shine.

It was the time when Homer accidentally made the toaster into a time machine and went back, stepped on a butterfly and changed history.

Now THAT'S a scary thought!

Go to 3:36 for the start of the episode with the donuts, it's sped up a bit for some reason.

It's like a flashback to the Chipmunks. "ALVIN!"

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They don't pick up anything directly over head for some reason.

but I look at this map almost daily and this is the first time I am seeing doughnuts. Thanks for your thoughts.

Lilyhoney

You'll see it at the NOAA site all over the country on the big maps.

It's doing a good job of showing that squall line off to the west, though.

hence the donut effect, I believe.

As immortalized in this classic, real TV weather promo that made it to The Daily Show.

I've seen that here during some of our rain storms.

probably something funky with the computer system.

the ground. The 'donut' is where the upwardly-slanting radar beam intersects the cloud base...

Just normal weather phenomena, that's all



Now, look at the tip of this device....

I knew you folks would be good for a laugh and some logic.

But now I want doughnuts and to see massive crop circles plastered all over the news in the morning.

Thank you and good night.

Lilyhoney

...the ring near Chicago is around the Marsellies radar station Temps are around freezing and dew points are real high tonight and that's what's creating the impression there's rain when there's none in the area.

when the radar shows it is. Also it is cold and humid here.

Thanks for helping me learn something.

Lilyhoney

Seriously.

The radar gets refracted by the atmosphere at night and causes some of the beam to hit the ground and bounce back. It creates a circle around many stations at night, especially in summer. The computer software usually edits out the bad reflections. The dead spot is the area closest to the radar tower.

The Doppler systems have different settings, based on the type of weather expected. If a radar is in clear weather mode, and it's very humid, then the beams get refracted.

No weather can escape!