Sentences with phrase «days a year precipitation»

Of the ten days a year precipitation falls from the sky, one of them has to be the day I bring something extremely valuable to work.

Not exact matches

Extreme rainfall events are trending upward, and nine of the top 10 years for extreme one - day precipitation events have happened since 1990.

Long - term changes in temperature and precipitation are making some rivers flood days, weeks or even months earlier than they did 50 years ago, and pushing flooding in other areas much later, researchers report August 11 in Science.

Every ten years the data center calculates new U.S. «climate normals,» or 30 - year average values, for meteorological elements such as temperature, precipitation, and heating and cooling degree days for thousands of U.S. weather stations.

For years, Howard Altschule worked as a meteorologist for television station WNYT in Albany, New York, where each night he told viewers whether the next day would bring precipitation and misery.

«Looking at changes in the number of dry days per year is a new way of understanding how climate change will affect us that goes beyond just annual or seasonal mean precipitation changes, and allows us to better adapt to and mitigate the impacts of local hydrological changes,» said Polade, a postdoctoral researcher who works with Scripps climate scientists Dan Cayan, David Pierce, Alexander Gershunov, and Michael Dettinger, who are co-authors of the study.

To identify extreme weather events, the researchers relied on county and calendar day specific thresholds for precipitation and maximum temperature (90th and 95th percentile, respectively) that were calculated based on 30 years of baseline data (1960 - 1989).

Over Christmas and New Year's Day, heavy precipitation fell over the U.S. Southeast, particularly in Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and Alabama, which experienced flash flooding.

With flooding in parts of the Mississippi Valley and a strong Pacific storm coming into the Northwest, we examined the trend in the number of days each year with heavy precipitation at 244 individual sites in the U.S..

Over the past several years, scientists from many institutions have explored the ability of SP - CAM to simulate tropical weather systems, the day - night changes of precipitation, the Asian and African monsoons, cloud - aerosol interactions and other climate phenomena.

There were no significant trends in mean annual total precipitation or total precipitation affected area but we did observe a significant increase in mean annual rain - free days, where the mean number of dry days increased by 1.31 days per decade and the global area affected by anomalously dry years significantly increased by 1.6 % per decade.

Communities can receive up to 18 points depending on the amount of annual precipitation, the number of rainy and snowy days each year, and how often the temperature dips below zero.

With some form of precipitation occurring on so many days throughout the year, there is a very good chance you'll get some wet weather during your holiday in February, so be prepared.

The most common types of precipitation to occur at this time of year are moderate rain (which happens on 41 % of days with rainfall), light rain (39 %) and thunderstorms (12 %).

The most common forms of precipitation you can expect to see in the city at this time of year are light rain (which happens on 50 % of days with rainfall), moderate rain (25 %), heavy rain (11 %) and thunderstorms (9 %).

The most common types of precipitation you can expect to see at this time of year are moderate rain (which occurs on 48 % of days with rainfall), light rain (20 %) and heavy rain, thunderstorms and drizzle (11 %).

At this time of year, the resort is subject to an average of 181mm / 7 inches of precipitation which is spread out over 6 wet days.

Moderate rain is the most common type of precipitation you can expect to see at this time of year, when it falls on 46 % of days with rainfall.

The most common forms of precipitation experienced in the resort at this time of year are moderate rain (which falls on 40 % of days with rainfall), thunderstorms (21 %), light rain (17 %), drizzle (12 %) and heavy rain (11 %).

Moderate rain is the most common type of rainfall you can expect to experience at this time of year, when it falls on 45 % of days with precipitation.

By looking at the signatures of climate change in precipitation intensity and comparing that to the internal variability and the observation, the researchers conclude that the probability of intense precipitation on any given day has increased by 7 percent over the last 50 years — well outside the bounds of natural variability.

Averaging smoothes out day - to - day and year - to - year natural weather variability and extremes, removing much of the chaotic behavior, revealing any underlying long term trends in climate, such as a long term increase or decrease in temperature, or long term shifts in precipitation patterns.

To solve this problem I looked at three patterns of the 6558 day period, overlaid them at the daily weather data level, and plotted the resultant combined signal for Precipitation, and temperature patterns for the USA, extended that cyclic interpenetration for a six year period, and plotted out maps to show the repeating reoccurring patterns in the global circulation, as a (6 year long stretch, we are now ~ 40 months into the posted 6 years long) forecast for part of the current repeat of the 6558 day long cycle.

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 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 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 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 precipitation events is projected to continue in the future.80

The pattern of change for the wettest day of the year is projected to roughly follow that of the average precipitation, with both increases and decreases across the U.S. Extreme hydrologic events are projected to increase over most of the U.S.

«Once - in - five - year» heavy precipitation events — two - day precipitation totals that are exceeded, on average, only once in a 5 - year period — are becoming more common.

Bottom right: change in the average maximum number of consecutive days each year with less than 0.01 inches of precipitation.

May be clear or sunny one day and cloudy and cold the next Climate - refers to average, year after year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a particular region

One measure of heavy precipitation events is a two - day precipitation total that is exceeded on average only once in a 5 - year period, also known as the once - in - five - year event.

The data show a bulls - eye of one day precipitation amounts greater than 150 mm in the northern part of Kananaskis Provincial Park, which exceeds the estimated 100 year event for that location1.

For example, in Siberia for the summer season during the years 1936 to 1994 there was a statistically significant decrease in total precipitation of 1.3 % / decade, but the number of days with precipitation also decreased.

Taking advantage of the expected deployment of a C - POL scanning precipitation radar and an ECOR surface flux tower at the Manus ARM site, we proposed to increase the number of sonde launches to 8 / day starting in about mid-October of the field experiment year, which is climatologically a period of generally suppressed conditions at Manus and just prior to the climatologically strongest MJO period.

Future 30 - year trends (2016 — 2045) in winter (a, b) SAT (°C per 30 years; color shading) and (c, d) precipitation (mm day − 1 per 30 years; color shading) from simulations 13 and 25 of the CESM1 Large Ensemble, chosen for their contrasting SLP trends (contours; interval = 1 hPa per 30 years with negative values dashed)

SAT in units of °C per 30 years, precipitation in units of mm day − 1 per 30 years, and SLP contour interval of 1 hPa per 30 years with negative values dashed

e — h as in a — d but for precipitation (mm day − 1 per 30 years) in place of SAT

In the U.S. Northeast, the number of days with very heavy precipitation rose by 58 percent over the last 50 years, while the number of such days in the U.S. Midwest rose 27 percent.

For a given month, season or year, the amount of precipitation on days which exceed the 95th percentile is accumulated and divided by the total amount of precipitation of that month, season or year.

We are not only dry, but are entering the driest time of the year, as illustrated from this plot of the probability of.01 inch of precipitation in a day.

... Fred S. Singer, if you read this, or if somebody who knows you, At KTH Stockholm, September 2006, did you get my pun about the outliers being «outliars»??? And BTW, you are 39 years older on the day than the love of my life... and there are only 2 women having that name on this very planet if not a bunch are having secret numbers... if you generous and dot - omitting, the Texan one... Anectdotal and OT... On topic, always adjustments upwards, after a while... Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden's 2nd biggest morning paper, publish monthly average temps, precipitation etc for Sweden in general and Stockholm in particular, the April «presentation» «already» May 26 or something like that, and, regarding Stockholm Observatory [inner city] 1,0 C too high....

[5] The SWE / P ratio shows what fraction of current water year precipitation remains in the snow pack for any given day of the water year: the closer SWE (snow water equivalent) is to P (overall precipitation), the more water resources remain.

A hot - humid climate is defined as a region that receives more than 20 inches (50 cm) of annual precipitation with approximately 6,300 cooling degree days (50 degrees F basis)[3,500 cooling degree days (10 degrees C basis)-RSB- or greater and where the monthly average outdoor temperature remains above 45 degrees F (7 degrees C) throughout the year.

A hot - dry climate is defined as region that receives less than 20 inches (50 cm) of annual precipitation with approximately 6,300 cooling degree days (50 degrees F basis)[3,500 cooling degree days (10 degrees C basis)-RSB- or greater and where the monthly average outdoor temperature remains above 45 degrees F (7 degrees C) throughout the year.

Gavin said upfront: «By looking at the signatures of climate change in precipitation intensity and comparing that to the internal variability and the observation, the researchers conclude that the probability of intense precipitation on any given day has increased by 7 percent over the last 50 years — well outside the bounds of natural variability».

In recent years, a larger percentage of precipitation has come in the form of intense single - day events.

Eight of the top 10 years for extreme one - day precipitation events have occurred since 1990.

Mean precipitation has increased across Canada by about 12 % in the last 50 years, meaning we now experience 20 additional days of rain.3