precipitation

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"There is evidence that climate change will lead to sharper, more intense precipitation followed by long periods without," Simon Mason, senior scientist at SEI US, told the BBC.

From BBC

“Steady precipitation will taper off to showers by late this afternoon and become confined to the mountains by late tonight,” the weather service posted in a Thursday morning forecast.

From Los Angeles Times

This week’s latest round of stormy weather hit Southern California with fearsome winds that downed trees and heavy precipitation that flooded roadways and dumped even more snow in the mountains.

From Los Angeles Times

Californians looking to resume their weekly commute Tuesday awoke to see several major roads closed after heavy rains drenched much the state Monday — with the expected precipitation far from over.

From Los Angeles Times

"We are delighted that our ensemble mean values capture the isotope patterns observed in global precipitation, vapor, snow, and satellite data much more successfully than any of the individual models."

From Science Daily