Sentences with phrase «with rainfall totals»

NOAA's latest forecasts warn of the potential for hurricane - force winds from the northern Delmarva Peninsula to Cape Cod, Mass., and well inland, with rainfall totals topping 12 inches in some areas.

Not exact matches

«Human - induced climate change likely increased Harvey's total rainfall around Houston by at least 19 percent, with a best estimate of 37 percent,» Michael Wehner, a co-author on an attribution study recently published in Geophysical Research Letters, said at the American Geophysical Union conference in December.

The conclusion: Along with total rainfall, timing of that rainfall matters.

Weather forecasters use total rainfall figures to predict floods, and climatologists use the estimates to gauge how rain patterns are changing with climate change.

Researchers accounted for human influence on climate by estimating the present - day chances of Harvey's rainfall totals and then comparing them with 1950s greenhouse gas levels.

That can lead to extreme rainfall totals like Harvey's, and has made the number of days each year in the U.S. with more than two inches and three inches of rain more common.

: Jan 2011) that the flooding was not unique but had occurred with similar total rainfall in the past.

Moisture from Hurricane Joaquin, offshore, interacted with an upper level trough to bring rainfall totals exceeding two feet to some locations during the first week of the month.

My research indicates that the Siberian peat moss, Arctic tundra, and methal hydrates (frozen methane at the bottom of the ocean) all have an excellent chance of melting and releasing their stored co2.Recent methane concentration figures also hit the news last week, and methane has increased after a long time being steady.The forests of north america are drying out and are very susceptible to massive insect infestations and wildfires, and the massive die offs - 25 % of total forests, have begun.And, the most recent stories on the Amazon forecast that with the change in rainfall patterns one third of the Amazon will dry and turn to grassland, thereby creating a domino cascade effect for the rest of the Amazon.With co2 levels risng faster now that the oceans have reached carrying capacity, the oceans having become also more acidic, and the looming threat of a North Atlanic current shutdown (note the recent terrible news on salinity upwelling levels off Greenland,) and the change in cold water upwellings, leading to far less biomass for the fish to feed upon, all lead to the conclusion we may not have to worry about NASA completing its inventory of near earth objects greater than 140 meters across by 2026 (Recent Benjamin Dean astronomy lecture here in San Francisco).

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 norWith 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 norwith total average rainfall for the month just 25 percent of normal.

Number of suites (total number of keys): 8 - Spectacular views of the famed Whale's Tail, Pacific Ocean and Rainforest - Private panoramic terrace - Oversized hammock made for two - Custom designed, natural fiber floating beds - Glass, double rainfall shower with ocean views - Daily morning housekeeping service and evening candlelit turndown service - Binoculars, music docking station, robes, natural and sumptuous toiletries - Air conditioning and ceiling fans - Minibar, wine cooler and espresso machine

Rainfall affects only 3 days of the month, possibly with slightly heavier showers which deliver a total of 20 mm of precipitation for the month.

Not surprisingly, that month turned out to be the wettest November since records began, with a total rainfall of 80.9 l / m2.

Kerjon Lee, a spokesman with the Department of Public Works, said studies indicate that cloud seeding can increase rainfall totals considerably.

If Sandy hits with full force, the Mid-Atlantic could face rainfall totals between 3 and 7 inches in Washington, D.C., historic flooding along the coasts, and widespread power outages resulting from wind gusts that could exceed 60 mph.

Snowfall varies across the region, comprising less than 10 % of total precipitation in the south, to more than half in the north, with as much as two inches of water available in the snowpack at the beginning of spring melt in the northern reaches of the river basins.81 When this amount of snowmelt is combined with heavy rainfall, the resulting flooding can be widespread and catastrophic (see «Cedar Rapids: A Tale of Vulnerability and Response»).82 Historical observations indicate declines in the frequency of high magnitude snowfall years over much of the Midwest, 83 but an increase in lake effect snowfall.61 These divergent trends and their inverse relationships with air temperatures make overall projections of regional impacts of the associated snowmelt extremely difficult.

Precipitation occurs about once every seven days in the western part of the region and once every three days in the southeastern part.77 The 10 rainiest days can contribute as much as 40 % of total precipitation in a given year.77 Generally, annual precipitation increased during the past century (by up to 20 % in some locations), with much of the increase driven by intensification of the heaviest rainfalls.77, 78,79 This tendency towards more intense precipitation events is projected to continue in the future.80

Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected for coastal and valley locations, with upwards of 3 to 6 inches (locally 10 inches) for the foothill areas.

Rainfall totals by Thursday morning should be fairly respectable, with a northwest to southeast gradient across Alabama.

Contours are rainfall totals from the Canadian Precipitation Analysis, which combines weather model output with station measurements to estimate regional precipitation amounts.

Perhaps with all that is known now, someone will propose a well - defined multivariate test entailing all relevant global data (including Antarctic ice extent and total Antarctic ice mass, mean and extremal rainfall everywhere, mean and extremal cyclonic storms everywhere.)

Further rainfall is expected throughout Saturday with widespread rainfall totals of 30 mm — 40 mm anticipated in the area.

River levels are likely to fall during Sunday with lower rainfall totals forecast.

[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.

Their web site explains: «In southwest WA, a drying trend has been observed... The rainfall decline has been most apparent in late autumn and early winter, with a major drop in rainfall totals occurring in the 1970s, and possibly another more recently in the 1990s.

This persistence of very high latent heat flux is opposite to the seasonal trends of transpiration and evaporation in savannas, even with similar total rainfall (Saleska et al., 2003; da Rocha et al., 2009).

My goal is to justify a Levy distribution for daily rainfall totals based on some rather well - understood physics (which doesn't appear to be known by hydrologists) in order to motivate those with lotsa data to see how well the Levy distribution fits the data.

The frequency of heavy precipitation events (or proportion of total rainfall from heavy falls) will be very likely to increase over most areas during the 21st century, with consequences for the risk of rain - generated floods.