Sentences with phrase «falling as rain over»

However, with this cycle of cloudiness in place, Hagos explained, the MJO stalled over Sumatra and Borneo, falling as rain over the islands.

Not exact matches

As the rain fell tropically into our garden and the children disappeared for the night, we settled into something of a rhythm, watching and scooping as the sky greyed over and dozens of birds provided a backing choruAs the rain fell tropically into our garden and the children disappeared for the night, we settled into something of a rhythm, watching and scooping as the sky greyed over and dozens of birds provided a backing choruas the sky greyed over and dozens of birds provided a backing chorus.

«We're thinking that as rain falls over the land it's taking with it these lignin compounds, but it's also taking with it the bacterial community that's really good at eating the lignin.»

Their numbers have fallen drastically over the past two decades largely due to the bush meat trade, clearing of rain forests and diseases such as Ebola.

In late 2010 and early 2011, the continent Down Under received about twice its normal complement of rain, thanks in large part to unusually warm sea - surface temperatures just north of Australia and a particularly strong La Niña — in essence, combining a source of warm humid air with the weather patterns that steered the moisture over the continent where it condensed and fell as precipitation.

Each year, a huge amount of water evaporates from the ocean, then falls over land as rain or snow, and returns to the ocean through runoff and river flows.

Over the next 100 years, Minnesota's iconic boreal forest and deep snow may change into a deciduous forest with winters warm enough for some precipitation to fall as rain, according to a new U.S. Forest Service assessment of the vulnerability of Minnesota forests to climate change.

In general, climate scientists expect heavy downpours to increase over the U.S. and elsewhere, as a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, making more of it available to fall as rain.

Since then, over 20 million people have watched the 4 - minute meltdown, making the foul - mouthed pitchman as popular as such other internet sensations as Tay «Chocolate Rain» Zonday and that lady who fell through the trap door.

Qualifying began as dark clouds gathered over the Connecticut circuit, and rain began to fall at the drop of the green flag.

After feeling the heat, you'll cool off as you fly over the rain forests of Hilo and see the mist rising from Wai «ānuenue (Rainbow Falls).

After feeling the volcano's heat, you will then cool off as you fly over the rain forests of Hilo and see the mist rising from Wai «ānuenue (Rainbow Falls).

When the rain does fall, it is usually incredibly intense and over just as soon as it begun.

When rain does fall in Cancun during the hurricane season, it's very intense and is over as quickly as it begun.

Larger weekend accumulations were measured over British Columbia, with Kicking Horse (226 cm) for example seeing 19 cm over the weekend, despite this falling as rain in some towns.

For the entire Northern Hemisphere, there is evidence of an increase in both storm frequency and intensity during the cold season since 1950,1 with storm tracks having shifted slightly towards the poles.2, 3 Extremely heavy snowstorms increased in number during the last century in northern and eastern parts of the United States, but have been less frequent since 2000.11,15 Total seasonal snowfall has generally decreased in southern and some western areas, 16 increased in the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes region, 16,17 and not changed in other areas, such as the Sierra Nevada, although snow is melting earlier in the year and more precipitation is falling as rain versus snow.18 Very snowy winters have generally been decreasing in frequency in most regions over the last 10 to 20 years, although the Northeast has been seeing a normal number of such winters.19 Heavier - than - normal snowfalls recently observed in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. in some years, with little snow in other years, are consistent with indications of increased blocking (a large scale pressure pattern with little or no movement) of the wintertime circulation of the Northern Hemisphere.5 However, conclusions about trends in blocking have been found to depend on the method of analysis, 6 so the assessment and attribution of trends in blocking remains an active research area.

They also measured the latent heat released over land as the water vapor turned back into liquid water and fell as rain.

Overlay all of that on a trend of a changing climate, and the data are pretty clear that in the Sierra Nevada, over time, we're going to see more precipitation fall as rain and less as snow.

Because isotopes vary over time and over certain environmental conditions, these variations allowed the researchers to reconstruct what the climate would have looked like when this water fell as rain.

Over the past few decades, warming temperatures have been linked to changes in the percentage of precipitation falling as rain or snow, and snow melt anomalies showing a trend towards earlier and faster stream flow.

While there are few ground - based weather stations in the North Pacific to tally how much rain fell over the ocean, satellites such as those participating in the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission can estimate precipitation rates from above.

As homeowners across the East Coast brace for Hurricane Irene and the heavy rains that are expected to fall over the next few days, the current threat underscores the importance of flood insurance, which is the only way for homeowners to financially protect their property or businesses from flood damages.

As home owners across the East Coast brace for Hurricane Irene and the heavy rains that are expected to fall over the next few days, the current threat underscores the importance of flood insurance, which is the only way for homeowners to financially protect their property or businesses from flood damages.