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{{quote|''"It could be worse. It [[Tempting Fate|could be raining]]."'' ([[Cue the Rain]])|'''Igor''', ''[[Young Frankenstein]]''}}

This is a trope for when the characters are explicitly beset by hostile, driving rain, tornadoes, dust storms, or other oppressively inconvenient weather, which only lets up at sudden, inconvenient increments, often to indicate they are in a [[Hungry Jungle]] or other hostile environment. The characters will spend their time asking "when will this ever let up?" When it ''does'' let up, it will start back up again the minute they comment on it. Related to [[When It Rains It Pours]].

This is a trope for when the characters are explicitly beset by hostile, driving rain, tornadoes, dust storms, or other oppressively inconvenient weather, which only lets up at sudden, inconvenient increments, often to indicate they are in a [[Hungry Jungle]] or other hostile environment. The characters will spend their time asking "when will this ever let up?" When it ''does'' let up, it will start back up again the minute they comment on it. Related to [[When It Rains, It Pours]].

Even ''[[Talk About the Weather|mentioning]]'' it is [[Tempting Fate]]. If the mission depends on [[Phlebotinum]], transportation, or an easily-damaged [[MacGuffin]], weather of this sort will ruin whatever conditions are needed for the original objective. Also useful for [[Closed Circle|preventing rescues]]; compare [[Snowed In]].

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== Literature ==

* The snow on Caradhras in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is explicitly hostile to the Fellowship. In the book, it even dumps an avalanche behind them after they leave, in case they change their mind.

* Ray Bradbury's short story "[~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/The_Long_Rain~~ The Long Rain]". The crew of a crashed rocket ship must trek [[Science Marches On|across the surface of Venus]], where the rain literally never stops.

* Ray Bradbury's short story "[[wikipedia:The Long Rain|The Long Rain]]". The crew of a crashed rocket ship must trek [[Science Marches On|across the surface of Venus]], where the rain literally never stops.

* The city of Trowth, in [[The Corsay Books (Literature)|The Corsay Books]] has a downright malevolent climate, with winters cold enough to kill in moments and exotic thunderstorms that can drive people insane. Needless to say, the weather often wrecks havoc with everyone's plans.

* In the finale of [[Codex Alera (Literature)|Codex Alera]] the storm is alive. That picture up there pretty much actually happens. A furystorm is tearing apart the battlefield with claws of lightning and the Big Bad is nearly torn to shreds by the storm swallowing her. The rain gets so thick that flyers are almost swimming. All in all it is a bad idea to piss off the north wind.

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