Sentences with phrase «less precipitation overall»

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Snowfall varies across the region, comprising less than 10 % of total precipitation in the south, to more than half in the north, with as much as two inches of water available in the snowpack at the beginning of spring melt in the northern reaches of the river basins.81 When this amount of snowmelt is combined with heavy rainfall, the resulting flooding can be widespread and catastrophic (see «Cedar Rapids: A Tale of Vulnerability and Response»).82 Historical observations indicate declines in the frequency of high magnitude snowfall years over much of the Midwest, 83 but an increase in lake effect snowfall.61 These divergent trends and their inverse relationships with air temperatures make overall projections of regional impacts of the associated snowmelt extremely difficult.

Climatic variability in summer is projected to increase, with southern Europe experiencing more heat, less precipitation, and more frequent droughts — yet heavier rainstorms when it does rain.23 Northern Europe can expect more overall precipitation.21 Smog is also expected to rise — unless we reduce our use of fossil fuels.28, 29,30,31

Such a central, overall finding is significant considering Degener notes that future temperatures and precipitation within the model both changed in a way that was «detrimental to the growth of crops» (higher temperatures and less precipitation).

Over Africa there is an overall reduction in precipitation from 1979 to present in both ERA - Interim and JRA - 55 that is not seen in GPCC, GPCP and is less pronounced in ERA5.