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Posts Tagged ‘rainfall’

Downpours Quench, Drench Gulf Coast

Downpours Quench, Drench Gulf Coast

AccuWeather.com Headlines Weather Blog - Sunday, July 17, 2011 22:18

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist Jul 18, 2011; 8:18 AM ET "The feature has a history of producing upwards of a half a foot of rain in parts of the Florida Panhandle over the weekend." A very slow-moving disturbance will continue to...

China: Drought affects rice production

China: Drought affects rice production

Top News - Friday, May 20, 2011 21:40

An ongoing drought has jeopardized rice crops in central China's Hunan and Hubei provinces, two major rice-growing regions in the country. A farmer stands in a rice field which cannot grow rice due to severe drought in Dapu Village, Yuanzhou Distr...

Rainfall enhancement relieve drought in China

Rainfall enhancement relieve drought in China

Top News - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 16:02

China's central and eastern provinces used artificial means to boost precipitation and relieve the ongoing drought, government sources said Monday. Aircraft, artillery and rockets were used in the operations in areas covering 10,000 square kilometers ...

Number of days of rain in Iberian Peninsula has increased since 1903

Number of days of rain in Iberian Peninsula has increased since 1903

e! Science News - Earth & Climate - Thursday, April 7, 2011 9:38

Published: Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 09:38 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) SINC A research team, led by the University of Extremadura, has for the first time analysed the frequency of rainfall over the whole of the Iberian...

8 Year Old Kenzie Proves Weekday Rainfall Declining

8 Year Old Kenzie Proves Weekday Rainfall Declining

TreeHugger - Sunday, April 3, 2011 2:30

Image: 8 year old Kenzie Brown with her Science Project, photo from Josh Brown, Kenzie's Father We Affect Weather? Do you ever have the feeling it always seems to rain on the weekends but not on the weekdays? So did 8 year old Kenzie Brown, of Phoeni...

La Niña becomes weak

La Niña becomes weak

Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog - Tuesday, March 22, 2011 8:48

The equatorial waters of the Eastern Pacific off the coast of South America have steadily warmed during March, and it appears increasingly likely that the current La Niña event will be over by June. This week, sea surface temperatures (SSTs) over th...

Climate change and the Southwest water crisis: making a bad situation worse

Grist - the latest from Grist - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 12:30

by Frank Ackerman. Where and how will climate change first affect large numbers of American voters? Answering that question may be crucial to the global efforts to protect the Earth’s climate. The tsunami of stupidity and science denial th...

Powerful Pacific Storm Lashes The Southwest

Powerful Pacific Storm Lashes The Southwest

AccuWeather.com Headlines Weather Blog - Tuesday, February 15, 2011 20:50

A powerful Pacific storm, part of a train of storm systems, will continue to lash the Southwest with heavy snow, strong winds and travel-disrupting rain today.

Drenching Rain Looms from Seattle to San Francisco

Drenching Rain Looms from Seattle to San Francisco

AccuWeather.com Headlines Weather Blog - Saturday, February 12, 2011 20:18

Storms are lining up to strike the West this week.


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