Sentences with phrase «much moisture near»

Not exact matches

UPDATE: US Drought Monitor now reports that the California Drought is now the worst in state history and that soil moisture levels are nearing zero for much of the state.

The averages for the last 12 months show dry conditions over most regions within a large belt stretching across parts of both Europe and Asia, with below average precipitation and soil moisture and much below average relative humidity, starting in south - western Europe and ending near Japan.

The August 2016 storm had so much moisture to draw on because the Gulf of Mexico was at near record temperatures.

Thawing permafrost is also expected to alter area landscapes and make local ecosystems more susceptible to long - term damage, in part because permafrost degradation can lead to significant changes in local soil temperatures and moisture levels.14, 20,21 Soils on or near the banks of thermokarst ponds tend to be much drier than those on level tundra, owing to higher soil temperatures and drainage.14, 20,21 On the Seward Peninsula, the banks of these ponds host trees (usually spruces) and shrubs that are otherwise usually absent in the characteristically treeless tundra.14, 21

The «departure from normal high temperature» map below reveals just how warm it actually was in the regions near the center of the Dakota storm and along the entire track from which much of the storm moisture came.