Contrary to what you might expect, more intense rain doesn't necessarily mean wetter or healthier soils.
Contrary to what you might expect, more intense rain doesn't necessarily mean wetter soils.
Not exact matches
Although we are blessed with fair temperatures most of the year and can grill often, sometimes the
intense Texas heat or a
rain - filled day prevents us from
doing so.
But on the first morning of the storm, when the
rain and flooding were most
intense, I
did actually laugh out loud when I learned via Facebook that the Houston Chronicle had chosen that particular day to publish a school food opinion piece I'd submitted a few weeks before.
But on the first morning of the storm, when the
rain and flooding were most
intense, I
did actually laugh out loud when I learned... [Continue reading]
They were in less agreement about how
intense rain or snow will be when it
does fall, although there is general consensus among models that the most extreme precipitation will become more frequent.
When the
rain does fall, it is usually incredibly
intense and over just as soon as it begun.
Although it doesn't
rain often, when it
does rain, it's usually
intense so it could be worth checking the local forecast.
When
rain does fall in Cancun during the hurricane season, it's very
intense and is over as quickly as it begun.
As Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology put it in a email not long ago: «One has to recognize that the human toll from hurricanes results from the most
intense wind and
rain events; the vast majority of storms
do little or no damage.
In weather systems, convergence of increased water vapor leads to more
intense precipitation and the risk of heavy
rain and snow events, but may also lead to reductions in duration and / or frequency of
rain events, given that total amounts
do not change much.
The article and a subsequent one
did examine the claim that a warming climate made storms more
intense and might be responsible for the heavy
rain that caused devastating floods in Texas.
Extra heat of this kind would also tend to enhance precipitation extremes — more
rain when it
does rain and far more
intense drought in areas affected by heat and atmospheric ridging.
Unfortunately when
rain falls in short,
intense bursts it
does not have time to soak into the ground.