There are train tracks about 1/2 mile from my house. Why when there are certain weather conditions are the passing trains so much louder than normal?

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Overcast skies and damp conditions seem to amplify them the most.

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When it’s warmer aloft (an inversion), conditions are right for refraction of sound waves back towards the surface.

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