Hm, weird, I'm pretty sure I drew this in gimp in the 90s, for notes I was making for a game I was working on. It's now on wikipedia. But I don't know *for sure* that I drew it. I no longer have the xcf files. Could I have gotten it from the web? I suppose it's possible, but who but me would've drawn it so badly? - Amit Patel from Bookmarklet

A rain shadow is a constant in our local weather in Washington State. I wouldn't argue it but I wonder if people here, especially in Western Washington, are more weather savvy than people in other regions. Rain shadows, convergence zones, compressions, etc. Gah, there was a term I had only heard for the first time just recently but now I can't remember it... not mesocyclone... but something related to it. As a kid on the Gulf Coast, even with all of our hurricanes and tornadoes, I had never heard such technicalities. Anyway, can't remember. Fun stuff, though, meteorology. - Akiva

#AllTheSmartKidsStayInSeattle, ;) - chaz2b

I became far more weather savvy after moving to the west coast. It's so much more interesting out here! Microclimates … it can be 30°F warmer at my house than 20 miles away; it can rain 10 inches in Ben Lomond and 0 inches in San Jose, 10 miles away. - Amit Patel