A positive correlation between peak workforce and rain may explain why it doesn’t rain on your parade, in the southeast, anyway. Scientists were able to use NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite to follow rain patterns from 1998 to 2005, where they found that it rained more from Tuesday to Thursday than from Saturday through Monday. They then analyzed particulate airborne matter quantities in data from the Environmental Protection Agency, which showed that pollution tends to peak mid-week. The theory that connects them together is that the particles in the air are helping to seed clouds, which then rain on your parade.
Tags: clouds, Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, pollution, rain


