Rising sea levels, powerful monsoon rains, floods caused
by rainfall up river - they are all much more common headline stories.
Not exact matches
Average annual
rainfall across the United States has gone
up by 5 percent since 1990, though there's regional variation, according to the National Climate Assessment.
As a result, meteorologists may be overestimating total
rainfall by up to 20 per cent, say the team.
When researchers ran the numbers for the Corn Belt, the global models fell short of reality: They predicted both temperature and humidity to increase slightly, and
rainfall to increase
by up to 4 % — none of which matches the observed changes.
In addition, they also reduce
rainfall by 40 % in some places
by setting
up tents in rainy weather.
It uses actual
rainfall data, assembled within seconds of the rain falling, backed
up by information from local radar on where the rain is moving, to provide flood forecasts within five minutes.
It shows that while water in rivers and lakes would have disappeared as the climate changed due to variations in Earth's orbit, freshwater springs fed
by groundwater could have stayed active for
up to 1000 years without
rainfall.
Hurricane Harvey: $ 125 Billion When: Aug. 25 to 31, 2017 Deaths: 89 The damage: Houston saw unprecedented amounts of
rainfall —
up to 60 inches —
by the time Hurricane Harvey had run its course.
Local officials claim this is proof that the government's environmental preservation efforts have been successful, but recent research
by climate scientists suggests a more worrying explanation for rising water levels: not only is climate change thought to be responsible for increased
rainfall and snowfall in the area, it has also caused,
by some estimates,
up to a fifth of the permafrost which covers 80 % of the plateau to melt.
It begins with clouds building
up from the south in the early afternoon followed
by intense thunderstorms and
rainfall, gay speed dating in phoenix az can cause.
The probability of
rainfall increases slightly as the month progresses, with the likelihood of
rainfall rising from 43 % on September 1st
up to 49 %
by September 30th.
The probability of
rainfall making an appearance begins at 1.2 % on February 1st, rises
up to 1.5 %
by February 13th and drops back down to 1.2 %
by February 28th.
The probability of
rainfall making an appearance during this month stays roughly constant, beginning at 37 % on October 1st and rising
up to 39 %
by October 31st.
The likelihood of
rainfall very slowly rises from 42 % on August 1st
up to 43 %
by August 31st.
The likelihood of precipitation making an appearance slightly increases as the month develops, starting off at 78 % on July 1st and rising
up to 89 %
by July 31st, making the start of the month the best time to visit if you want to keep
rainfall to a minimum.
As the month goes on, the probably of
rainfall decreases from 50 % on February 1st, down to 42 % on February 24th, before rising
up to around 45 %
by the end of the month.
The probability of
rainfall making an appearance during your holiday in December increases as the month develops, starting off at 42 % on December 1st and rising
up to 46 %
by December 31st.
«Everyday Shooter is a collection of shoot - em -
up games with each motivated
by a single inspiration that ranges from games like «Every Extend», to Hayao Miyazaki's film «Porco Rosso», to a moment of childhood wonderment when I first saw earthworms surfacing during
rainfall.»
And note in addition that in addition to the warming, there are strong trends toward decreasing
rainfall across the Antipodean continent, which are backed
up by tragically decreased river and stream flows, severe water restrictions in most states (starting to ease in some places due to recent floods), and a significantly increased farmer suicide rate.
In the projections, the models suggest that the the
rainfall decreases
by 0.4 mm / day — but if that anomaly was naively applied to the real world, you'd end
up with an (obviously wrong) prediction of negative
rainfall.
Most TS losses occur from the storm surge, the water pushed over the land, or inland flooding caused
by huge amounts of
rainfall often generated
by lesser tropical storms hung
up over coastlines.
A new study released Friday in the journal Science Advances helps clear
up a bit of the mystery,
by showing that man - made climate change is responsible for most of the change seen in ocean surface temperatures near the equator across Asia, which in turn affect regional
rainfall patterns including the Indian monsoon.
Precipitation occurs about once every seven days in the western part of the region and once every three days in the southeastern part.77 The 10 rainiest days can contribute as much as 40 % of total precipitation in a given year.77 Generally, annual precipitation increased during the past century (
by up to 20 % in some locations), with much of the increase driven
by intensification of the heaviest
rainfalls.77, 78,79 This tendency towards more intense precipitation events is projected to continue in the future.80
Drought is expected to occur 20 - 40 percent more often in most of Australia over the coming decades.6, 18 If our heat - trapping emissions continue to rise at high rates, 19 more severe droughts are projected for eastern Australia in the first half of this century.6, 17 And droughts may occur
up to 40 percent more often in southeast Australia
by 2070.2 Unless we act now to curb global warming emissions, most regions of the country are expected to suffer exceptionally low soil moisture at almost double the frequency that they do now.3 Studies suggest that climate change is helping to weaken the trade winds over the Pacific Ocean, with the potential to change
rainfall patterns in the region, including Australia.20, 21,16,22
When researchers ran the numbers for the Corn Belt, the global models fell short of reality: They predicted both temperature and humidity to increase slightly, and
rainfall to increase
by up to 4 % — none of which matches the observed changes.
Theoretically, it's thought that the intensity of
rainfall, including the biggest cloudbursts, should rise
by 7 % for each degree Celsius that the temperature goes
up.
In a September article
by National Geographic, every scientist contacted
by the magazine was in agreement that Harvey's destructive
rainfall was «almost certainly driven
up by temperature increases from human carbon - dioxide emissions.»
«The authors write that «the El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a naturally occurring fluctuation,» whereby «on a timescale of two to seven years, the eastern equatorial Pacific climate varies between anomalously cold (La Niña) and warm (El Niño) conditions,» and that «these swings in temperature are accompanied
by changes in the structure of the subsurface ocean, variability in the strength of the equatorial easterly trade winds, shifts in the position of atmospheric convection, and global teleconnection patterns associated with these changes that lead to variations in
rainfall and weather patterns in many parts of the world,» which end
up affecting «ecosystems, agriculture, freshwater supplies, hurricanes and other severe weather events worldwide.»»
Natural processes changed the timing and magnitude of soil moisture, streamflow, and groundwater deficits
by up to several years, and caused the amplification of
rainfall declines in streamflow to be greater than in normal dry years.
They suggest that during previous warm periods — one about 120,000 years ago and another about 10,000 years ago — the Middle East saw severe drought, with
rainfall decreasing to at least half of what it typically is today, and at its worst drying
up by 80 percent, Columbia University explained in a statement.
The warming records that article talks about are one offs, and beat
by a slim temporary margin, whereas things like the California droughts are historical and mostly in a desert area already, which was charged
up by heavy
rainfall this spring, which led to so many ladder fuels to burn when it inevitably dries out
by mid summer to late fall.
If we continue on our current emissions path, we're already headed for warming of
up to 9 degrees Fahrenheit
by 2100, which few climate scientists argue would be anything other than catastrophic, because of the drastic rise in sea levels, heat waves, species extinctions and shifts in
rainfall that would result.
Rainfall is expected to decrease
by up to 60 per cent in winter and 30 per cent in summer in southern Africa this century.
While the state isn't known for its
rainfall, the area could still see
up to a 40 percent reduction in mean daily precipitation in Aprils
by 2090.
But it was not difficult to build
up a pretty good picture of wet and dry years, warm and cool years, floods, droughts, and quite a bit of temperature and
rainfall data kept
by weather obsessed farmers from the earliest times.
Perhaps, for example,
rainfall decreased when soils were dried
up by overgrazing, and perhaps cold spells followed an increase in smoke from volcanic eruptions.
Complete deforestation of the Amazon rainforest could reduce
rainfall in the Pacific Northwest
by up to 20 percent and snowpack in the Sierra Nevada
by up to 50 percent, suggests...
By the next morning,
rainfall records for the month had been broken and the city woke
up to find its streets covered with water.
Surveying Trash, Pointing Fingers Clean Water Action worked to identify trash collected in the streets of San Jose, South San Francisco, Richmond and Oakland — trash that often ends
up in the bay after being blown there
by the wind or traveling through storm drains during
rainfall.
«We see probabilities of Harvey - type
rainfalls going
up by factors of 10
by the late 20th century and early 21st» under a «business as usual» greenhouse emissions trajectory, he says.
Well, it looks like the press release was carefully worded, and referring back to Anthony Watts article on his blog which is criticized at the beginning of the RC article, i see no wrong claim there... Hiss main argument is written in bold: «The IPCC is under scrutiny for various data inaccuracies, including its claim — based on a flawed World Wildlife Fund study — that
up to 40 % of the Amazonian forests could react drastically and be replaced
by savannas from even a slight reduction in
rainfall.»
For every rise of 1 degree Celsius (most of it man - made) in surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic,
rainfall from a tropical storm increases 6 to 18 percent and wind speeds of the strongest hurricanes increase
by up to 8 percent.
Rainfall in the country has decreased
by 20 % over the last 30 years, and
up to 1000 km2 of land may be lost in the Volta Delta due to sea - level rise and inundation if greenhouse - gas emissions continue to rise at the current pace.
Areas recently denuded
by extreme wildfires such as Santa Barbara are threatened
by debris flows as
rainfall amounts of 1 - 6 inches (
up to ten inches locally) are predicted.
These floods may be caused
by heavy
rainfall, hurricanes, tornados, or even backed
up storm drains.