Sentences with phrase «very intense precipitation»
Flood surges such as this one are typically triggered by a «very intense precipitation event,» said Matthew Kelsch, a meteorologist with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in Boulder, Colo..
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The 2012 - 2013 water year was especially remarkable because it began rather early with a series of very intense and moist storms associated with «atmospheric rivers» in Northern California during November but then quickly tapered off, with only light and sporadic precipitation falling for the remainder of the typical «rainy» season from mid-December through May.
However, the report does say it is very likely that there will be more intense precipitation events over many areas, and that peak winds and rainfall rates from hurricanes are also likely to be higher.
In particular, over NH land, an increase in the likelihood of very wet winters is projected over much of central and northern Europe due to the increase in intense precipitation during storm events, suggesting an increased chance of flooding over Europe and other mid-latitude regions due to more intense rainfall and snowfall events producing more runoff.
• Increases in very hot days and heat waves, • Increases in Arctic temperatures, • Rising sea levels, • Increases in intense precipitation events, and • Increases in hurricane intensity
The IPCC also asserted that» [m] ore intense precipitation events» are «very likely over many areas,» resulting in:
Based on our published results and as well as those of other modeling groups, we conclude that at the global scale: a future increase in tropical cyclone precipitation rates is likely; an increase in tropical cyclone intensity is likely; an increase in very intense (category 4 and 5) tropical cyclones is more likely than not; and there is medium confidence in a decrease in the frequency of weaker tropical cyclones.
Key findings from these experiments include: fewer tropical cyclones globally in a warmer late - twenty - first - century climate (Figure 8), but also an increase in average cyclone intensity, the number and occurrence days of very intense category 4 and 5 storms in most basins (Figure 9) and in tropical cyclone precipitation rates (Figure 10).