Sentences with phrase «less rain and snow»

In the United States, a weakened Arctic blast moving south to collide with moist air from the Gulf of Mexico can mean less rain and snow in some areas, including the drought - stricken Southeast, said Michael MacCracken, a former federal climate scientist who now heads the nonprofit Climate Institute.

A front page story in today's Australian newspaper says that: «Our alpine parks face a hotter and drier future, with up to a quarter less rain and snow forecast for the region by 2050.

Global warming's crystal ball is clearing as climate models improve, and scientists now predict that some regions will see a month's less rain and snow by 2100.

Not exact matches

However, we estimate that oxidized mercury accounts for less than one - third of mercury deposition, and deposition by rain and snow for only 2 percent.

Negative: Lower and shorter duration snowpack and shift from snow to rain - dominant precipitation regimes resulting in less water available in summer

Before my Hunters I had another less expensive brand, and they were only good for rain... but I wear my Hunters year - round, whether it's in a rain storm or in the snow!

Lane departure warning works less capably in rain or snow, and it will shut down, sending an alert to the driver, when visibility is limited.

I hate to be the one to break the news to the Generation X'ers, but their grandfolks, and maybe even their folks, used to have to roll down the window by hand and stick their left arm up, out or down to signify an intention to turn right, left or stop - an effort that was even less fun when it was raining or snowing.

The optional all - wheel drive not only improves traction in snow and rain, but also helps with dry - road cornering, which is important because the Traverse is larger and less agile than competitors such as the Nissan Pathfinder.

Maintaining a good grooming regime will reduce matted hair, which is less efficient at keeping out the snow and cold rain, and does not insulate as well.

Because your dog is less active during the colder months, and because the ground is often much softer due to rain and snow, the nails won't wear down as much on their own.

Raising the shelter and cutting the doorway several inches above the bottom also keeps the weather out — rain won't splash up and in from the ground, and snow is less likely to block the door.

In spite of all the rain, clouds and snow, London experiences less than one foggy day each February.

But shifting rain, less snow, and warmer temperatures all add up to the obvious.

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.

This is about 1,000 times less than what usually comes with industrial emissions, rain and snow.

«The spring months have sometimes storms of wind and thunder even so early as March within these last years the Climate seems to be greatly changed the summer so backward with very little rain and even snow in winter much less than usual and the ground parched that all summer have entirely dried up...»

In particular, more winter and spring flooding and drier summers are expected as well as less winter snow (more rain) and earlier snowmelt.

Winters are shorter, fewer cold records are set, more precipitation is falling as rain and less as snow — although whopper snowstorms are even more likely in some places — and snowpacks are shrinking and melting earlier.

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.

But colder air in place over a larger area will result in more snow and less rain on average.

A recent report from Climate Central shows that there will be an increase in the continuing trend of more rain and less snow during US winters, which will impact the Pacific Northwest, California and other parts of the United States as well.

AGW causes cool summers, cold winters, hot summers and warm winters, droughts, rain, flood, sun burnt whales, more snow, less snow, more ice, less ice, disruptions in ocean currents, and much much more.

Those effects include more rainfall that occurs in heavy downpours, meaning less is absorbed into the earth and more becomes runoff; more rain and less snowfall in the mountains, which means less melting snow to feed rivers in the spring and summer; and higher temperatures causing more evaporation.

Some predictions show that in the decades to come, more of California's mountain precipitation will fall as rain and less as snow.

Dry conditions and low snow packs lead to an early start to the fire season with Alberta's Fort McMurray fires capturing the world's attention in spring but then the fire season quieted, copious summer rains fell, and record heat became less noticeable.

· Also, ocean acidity should rise, making it more difficult for corals and other animals to make shells; hurricanes should become stronger; heat waves and heavy rain should be more frequent; there will be less ice and snow; and there should be more rain away from the equator.

It is clear that in terms of weather, environmental health, extreme events, snow, rain drought and flood, the impact of a global average is trivial or less.

This would help explain the differential vs the tropics (soot has less effect on warming when it falls on a rain forest than on snow) as well as the differential between Artic and Antarctic.

«Within our lifetime, winters in Minnesota will become more like winters in Chicago — warmer with less snow and more precipitation coming as rain.»

This could translate into more rain, but less snow to pad the state's critical snowpack and fill reservoirs later in the year.

When the road is wet from the rain or sleek because of snow, it causes your tire to have less friction and that it also decreases the visibility both or you as a driver and the headlights.