Sentences with phrase «while atmospheric rivers»

While atmospheric rivers vary in size and shape, those containing large amounts of water vapor, strong winds, and that stall over watersheds vulnerable to flooding, can create extreme rainfall and floods.

Not exact matches

For the hydrological modelling of the Thames river catchment done at CEH we showed that the changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation caused higher peak 30 - day river flow, while flood risk mapping revealed a small increase in flood risk for properties in the Thames catchment.

Oceans are wide and changes of atmospheric CO2 concentration has its influence everywhere while supply from weathering occurs on the coasts and through the river discharges.

While the ever - important caveat is that it would only take a couple of strong, moist storms (namely, an atmospheric river or two) to bolster our reservoir levels to a level adequate to get us through next summer, there is likely to be rapidly heightening concern in the coming months over possible water shortages in the medium and long term if the «rainy season» doesn't actually become rainy in pretty short order.