One expected effect of climate change will be an increase in precipitation intensity: a larger proportion of rain will fall in a shorter amount of time than it has historically. (earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
The mean precipitation taken over area with precipitation for any given day can be considered as the wet - day mean precipitation and provides an indicator for the mean precipitation intensity. (realclimate.org)
Such observations are consistent with and thus support general theory on the sensitivity of large - scale vapor transport and regional precipitation intensity to extreme greenhouse warming. (royalsociety.org)