Sentences with phrase «seasonal rains in»

Fairy circles stand out against the grass after seasonal rains in Namibia's Jagkop region.

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UrbanStems promises one - hour deliveries of seasonal flower arrangements in New York City and Washington, D.C., thanks to a small army of bike messengers — including Sean O'Donnell, seen delivering bouquets in the rain in Washington, D.C.

It is the providential care of God that sends the rains both on the godly and the ungodly making the seeds to germinate and grow and dew for the growth of the fruit.50 Unfriendly climatic conditions so common in the context of Palestine where rains were scanty and seasonal, each time there was a delay of rain, there was crop failure.

«In relation to seasonal conditions in eastern Australia, some good sowing rains have been reported in many grain growing areas over the past week or sIn relation to seasonal conditions in eastern Australia, some good sowing rains have been reported in many grain growing areas over the past week or sin eastern Australia, some good sowing rains have been reported in many grain growing areas over the past week or sin many grain growing areas over the past week or so.

University of Washington oceanographers used clues from the Galapagos Islands — a dot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — to trace El Niño patterns and seasonal tropical rains over the past 2,000 years.

«This is one of the most representative records of precipitation changes in the eastern Pacific, and it goes a good way toward explaining seasonal tropical rain band and El Niño dynamics,» said first author Daniel Nelson, who did the research for his UW doctorate in oceanography.

Simply measuring the amount of rainfall could track either the strength of El Niño or the Intertropical Convergence Zone, a global atmospheric feature related to the trade winds that moves north and south each year, bringing heavy rains and seasonal flooding in its path.

One peculiarity is that rains begin 2 to 3 months before seasonal winds start to bring in moist air from the ocean.

What's more, scientists have been seeing evidence of seasonal weather — in the form of dark zones that may be lakes filling with methane rain — ever since Cassini arrived in 2004.

More than 3 billion people in the world depend on rice as their primary food, and nearly one - fourth of the world's crop is grown in rain - fed lowland plots prone to seasonal and sustained flash floods.

In some areas, where rain may be seasonal or intermittent, drought tolerance may be a greater consideration than tolerance of flooding.

People living in these regions depend on the seasonal rains to bring water to their crops.

Phoenix has an arid climate and some of the hottest seasonal temperatures in the U.S.. Its residents see an average of 325 sunny days and less than eight inches of rain each year.

Autumn (Mar - May): Most seasonal rainfall in Queensland is around February and March, with chances of rain decreasing in April.

Seasonal heavy rains can cause high waters, making it difficult for river cruise vessels to pass under bridges; and shallow waters can completely halt waterway travel — both requiring rerouting, and a change in transportation modes and accommodations.

The island is just far enough off the shore to keep the seasonal rains from affecting the visibility in the diving site, which makes it a great diving site.

During the rainy season, the Kennedy Vlei is littered with flamboyant colours from the seasonal wild flowers that emerge as the first rains begin and, as the grass dries out, large herds of buffalo, zebra and elephant are in abundance.

Sea temperatures do not vary much during the year but the frequency of rain, in this amazing (but relatively wet) destination is a seasonal factor.

If the planetary temperatures rise beyond the 1.5 °C to 2 °C limit proposed by the Paris agreement signed by 197 nations in 2015, then climate change could arrive in Mali, Niger and Chad in the shape of intense rains of the kind identified as seasonal monsoons.

In many places where poor farmers depend on rain to survive, such as India and the African Sahel, seasonal rains may fail.

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.

There has been a decline in the average total seasonal rain during the period 1980 - 2011, according to a new study.

They are being battered by stronger storms, more destructive floods, deeper and longer droughts and disruptive switches in the seasonal timing of rain.

While rain and snow would still help replenish Asian rivers in the absence of glaciers, the change could hamper efforts to manage seasonal water resources by altering when fresh water supplies are available in areas already prone to water shortages.

Towns where the sea level is creeping further inland may flood easier during the summer monsoons (seasonal reversals in the wind) that bring torrential rains from the southwest.

He notes that seasonal analysis revealed that most of the flood peaks in the upper Midwest occur in the spring and stem primarily from snow melt, rain falling on frozen ground and rain - on - snow events.

I wonder if the rate of sediment deposition will actually increase as glacial melting increases in the Himalayas, before slowing again as the major rivers of South Asia become fed more by rain alone than by seasonal glacial melting.

In continental fluvial and coastal sections, changes in siliciclastic depositional facies reflect on increased frequency of high - energy events (e.g., extreme flooding), possibly from monsoon - like seasonal rains, and / or from unusually intense and / or sustained extra-tropical stormIn continental fluvial and coastal sections, changes in siliciclastic depositional facies reflect on increased frequency of high - energy events (e.g., extreme flooding), possibly from monsoon - like seasonal rains, and / or from unusually intense and / or sustained extra-tropical stormin siliciclastic depositional facies reflect on increased frequency of high - energy events (e.g., extreme flooding), possibly from monsoon - like seasonal rains, and / or from unusually intense and / or sustained extra-tropical storms.

Phoenix has an arid climate and some of the hottest seasonal temperatures in the U.S.. Its residents see an average of 325 sunny days and less than eight inches of rain each year.

Cover your furnishings when rain or dew is expected, and bring indoors through the colder months in the event that you reside in a seasonal climate.