Sentences with phrase «precipitation totals at»

Conversely, precipitation totals at the higher end of the spectrum typically only contribute a small amount to the annual totals.

Not exact matches

In western Tibet, annual snowfall totals have risen steadily since the 1990s, especially at higher elevations, as strengthening westerly winds bring more precipitation.

«We need to look at the changes in total precipitation and the timing and distribution of run - off patterns and see how that lines up with our current infrastructure,» Fahlund said in an email.

The annual precipitation total for Alaska is slightly decreasing at an average rate of 0.03 inch per decade.

June is the last of dry months and during June only 1 mm of total precipitation is expected at Cape Verde.

Our analysis examines the heaviest downpours — the days where total precipitation exceeded the top 1 percent of all rain and snow days — at over 3,000 rain gauges distributed across the country over the period 1950 - 2014.

As a consequence, even in regions or states where there is a strong increasing trend in heavy precipitation, the trend at an individual precipitation gauge that represents the official total for a city may be equivocal, flat, or even down.

On average in the United States, the amount of rain falling during the heaviest 1 percent of rainstorms has increased nearly 20 percent during the past 50 years — almost three times the rate of increase in total precipitation.4, 5 The Midwest saw an even larger average increase of 31 percent, surpassed only by the Northeast (at 67 percent).4 Scientists attribute the rise in heavy precipitation to climate change that has already occurred over the past half - century.6

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.

At the same time, however, for the continent as a whole, the agriculture sector, which is highly dependent on precipitation, is estimated to account for approximately 60 % of total employment, indicating its crucial role in livelihoods and food security derived through food access through purchase (Slingo et al., 2005).

Precipitation at Rock Springs, Wyoming, totaled 0.01 in (0.3 mm).

Ratio between April 1 SWE at seven SNOTEL stations and mean total November - March Precipitation at Diablo Dam and Concrete.

Ratio between April 1 SWE at SNOTEL stations and mean total November - March Precipitation at Diablo Dam and Concrete.

This is expected since a higher proportion of total precipitation falls as snow at the higher sites.

forecast lead - time at which the continuous ranked probability skill score (CRPSS) for ENS probabilistic forecasts of 24 - hour total precipitation reaches 10 % for the extra-tropics (northern and southern hemispheres); verification against station observations

Also, I would imagine it is very difficult at the moment to calculate the total volume of precipitation of rainfall over a region.

The intensity of precipitation is of interest, but even that doesn't say a lot about total volume of precipitation given that rainfall is, by its nature, is not measured by area, it is only measured at a point — or several points — all of which will have different results.

Together with the progressive shortening of the ISM season and gradual southward retreat of the summer ITCZ, the total amount of monsoon precipitation decreased in those areas located at the northern fringe of the ISM domain, but increased in areas closer to the equator.

If we take a further step and consider the atmospheric state at a location (or even the global average) with respect to temperature or precipitation, we may observe that physics does not imply any preservation law for temperature (the total energy is preserved, not temperature) or for precipitation (the total water balance is preserved, not the rate of precipitation).

PCIC has made seasonal maps of average temperature and total precipitation departures from the 30 - year climatology at observational weather stations in BC, for all months from 1972 onward.