Sentences with phrase «term precipitation deficits»

On this week's map, conditions remained status quo in northern portions of the region while short - term precipitation deficits during the past 30 days led to expansion of areas of Abnormally Dry (D0) in southern Alabama and in northwestern Florida near the Apalachicola River.

However, long - term precipitation deficits and drought conditions continued to plague most of California by the end of the year.

Not exact matches

Although long - term (60 + months) precipitation deficits persisted in some locations, some reservoirs returned to above - average levels after being record and near - record low for the past several years.

temperature could have exacerbated the 2014 drought by approximately 36 %... These observations from the paleoclimate record suggest that high temperatures have combined with the low but not yet exceptional precipitation deficits to create the worst short - term drought of the last millennium for the state of California... Future severe droughts are expected to be in part driven by anthropogenic influences and temperatures outside the range of the last millennium.

Drought is a relative term; therefore any discussion in terms of precipitation deficit must refer to the particular precipitation - related activity that is under discussion.

[4] Thanks to a strong El Niño that brought near average precipitation to the northern California, the statewide April 1 snowpack measurement in 2016 showed state water resources at 87 percent of the long - term average; however, the snowpack was not sufficient to undo water deficits caused by years of drought.

Given the known influence of temperature on drought, the fact that the 2012 — 2014 record drought severity has co-occurred with record statewide warmth (7) raises the question of whether long - term warming has altered the probability that precipitation deficits yield extreme drought in California.