All told, Asner concludes, 4 % of the trees in the severe drought area had died, a rate of mortality four times the baseline rate in areas
with normal rainfall.
Not exact matches
Seasonal Outlook / La Niña Update... April 14 — May 31... Latest solutions suggest near or below
normal rainfall is suggested by CFSv2 for April, after the 13th,
with a turn to above
normal temperatures after the 20th.
One received
normal rainwater; two were sprayed
with a solution containing either 50 percent more nitrogen or phosphorus; another received both nutrients; and the last branch was partially covered to mimic less
rainfall.
Meteorologists warn the worst is yet to come,
with the storm expected to dump 200 to 300 millimeters of rain in a single day — two to three times the country's
normal rainfall for an entire year.
But
with only 15 per cent of
normal rainfall in January, usually one of the wettest months, and the rainy season drawing to a close, they are desperately short of water.
As well as this, increased average temperatures and more erratic
rainfall could become be the «new
normal» according to the report —
with significantly less
rainfall in the Mediterranean, Madagascar and the Cerrado - Pantanal in Argentina.
Conclusion: A La Niña episode — long associated
with wetter - than -
normal conditions in Australia — in 2012 likely accounts for most, but not all, of the heavy
rainfall.
This year's fire risk comes on the heels of a severe drought in eastern and southeastern Brazil, where the satellite data showed a continued reduction in
rainfall and a drawdown of groundwater associated
with lower than
normal precipitation.
«Acid rain» is anything
with a pH of 5 or below, and
normal rainfall has a pH of 5.6.
With precipitation records dating back to 1947, May 2015 was the driest May on record for the country, with total average rainfall for the month just 25 percent of nor
With precipitation records dating back to 1947, May 2015 was the driest May on record for the country,
with total average rainfall for the month just 25 percent of nor
with total average
rainfall for the month just 25 percent of
normal.
WHEREAS Statewide
rainfall has been below
normal in 2007 and 2008,
with many Southern California communities receiving only 20 percent of
normal rainfall in 2007, and Northern California this year experiencing the driest spring on record
with most communities receiving less than 20 percent of
normal rainfall from March through May; and
In contrast,
rainfall anomalies in December 2015 show a clear north - south divide,
with many parts of Northern England and Southern Scotland experiencing over three times
normal monthly
rainfall, while in Southern England
rainfall was closer to
normal.
[3] October through December 2016 were very wet months in northern California (
with precipitation totals about 170 percent of
normal by 1 January 2017), but because several of the storms were warm
rainfall, snow pack in California by 1 January was only 64 percent of
normal.
October through December 2016 were very wet months in northern California (
with precipitation totals about 170 % of
normal by 1 January 2017), but because several of the storms were warm
rainfall, snow pack in California by 1 January was only 64 % of
normal.
And contrary to the many hysterical headlines of extreme cold, winter temperatures were close to
normal,
with rainfall just slightly above
normal across the UK.
Perhaps this could be directly related to cloud seeding,
with the dust causing a higher rate of
rainfall formation than is otherwise
normal.
The cold, along
with the heavy
rainfall the area sees can also make driving a bit more dangerous than
normal.
Even in purely agricultural areas, things are looking good this summer
with rainfall at
normal levels and grain prices improving from earlier in the year, says Century 21.