Inversion

In meteorology, an inversion is a deviation from the normal change of an atmospheric property with altitude. It almost always refers to a temperature inversion, i.e., an increase in temperature with height, or to the layer within which such an increase occurs. ^[1]

An inversion can lead to pollution such as smog being trapped close to the ground, with possible adverse effects on health. An inversion can also suppress convection by acting as a “cap”. If this cap is broken for any of several reasons, convection of any moisture present can then erupt into violent thunderstorms. Temperature inversion can notoriously result in freezing rain in cold climates.

Thank you Wiki for teaching me what all this nasty weather is about.

Dear Weather Gods,

Please take our cloudy days away.  It has now been well over two weeks since we have seen Mr. Sun.  My family is experiencing a certain amount of weather caused depression and our bodies crave Vitamin D from the sunshine.  I long to be woken up by the bright clear skys of morning but instead I have a hard time rising before the late hour of 9.

I really, really, really miss the sun.

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