Help Me Understand???

[CYCLONE MIKE]

In no way am I asking for or hoping to get severe weather, but I would like some peoples input as to why the Baton Rouge area has been pretty much spared these last couple of severe weather outbreaks. It seems the stroms build up to the west, die out before they make it here, then blow up again just to the north and east of us again. Just like this morning. We had one little shower early this morning around 7am then around 9-10am the storms just blew up on the south MS counties to Jackson and east around the New Orleans, Gulfport areas with tornado warnings everywhere. It is still ongoing as I type with round two all over south MS again and the LA, MS coastal areas. If anyone could please explain I would appreciate it. Thanks.

[Guest]

It's just your luck (or misfortune), depending on the way you look at it!

[MGC]

I beleive it is caused in part by Lake Pontchtrain. For some reason, and I noticed this for years, weather systems seem to fall apart as they approach the lake from the west. I don't have a clue why this occures but it does....MGC

[GalvestonDuck]

Ponchartrain is French for "anti-storm whoop___" and Baton Rouge means "can opener."

[gboudx]

NEWeatherguy said it best. And after having lived in the Baton Rouge area for about 5 years, I'm sure you'll get some severe weather soon.

[JenBayles]

Ponchartrain is French for "anti-storm whoop___" and Baton Rouge means "can opener."

[MSRobi911]

as far as south Mississippi is concerned...they can "Miss" us for a while...16.75 inches in 6 days is too much...my yard is still soaked...you can't walk on any grass anywhere in town that you don't sink in to your ankles!

Mary

[Yankeegirl]

We got spared here in Houston as well for the past few severe weather issues... I think it has to do with the "dome" obviously on top of my house...

[Stormsfury]

I beleive it is caused in part by Lake Pontchtrain. For some reason, and I noticed this for years, weather systems seem to fall apart as they approach the lake from the west. I don't have a clue why this occures but it does....MGC

There is scientific credibility to this statement, and it's from marinal influences ... occurs a lot in Eastern South Carolina where the seabreeze blows inland, and behind that breeze, the SFC boundary layer air becomes stable. Without a sufficient kicker behind the boundary, ongoing storms tend to weaken as it filters into the stable layer marine boundary.

However, it's a double-edged sword. Under the right conditions (usually during the summertime), the seabreeze convergence boundary doesn't penetrate too far inland, and enhances SVR WX, especially when other outflow boundaries get involved.