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In just 12 days, the world gets half of its annual rainfall
Some days are dry, and others are wet. And some are really wet. A new study reveals that any particular place on the globe gets half its annual rainfall—on average—in just 12 days.
For their analysis, the researchers looked at daily rainfall data gathered at 185 sites worldwide from 1999 through 2014. That 16-year period was long enough to capture year-to-year variations in rainfall caused by El Niño and other short-term climate cycles. They also focused on weather stations located within 50° of the equator, which allowed them to use satellite data both to validate their data and to extrapolate their findings to broader regions.
On average, the wettest day at each site received a full month's worth of rain. Also, half of a site's annual precipitation falls over the course of just 12 days, the researchers report this month in Geophysical Research Letters. Which specific days are the wettest varies from place to place and season to season, of course, but the pattern holds worldwide.
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Saturday November 17 2018, @06:21AM (3 children)
Seriously, 1/2 the total annual rainfall in 12 days ... I find this very hard to believe is true for the UK.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @08:50AM
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(Score: 2) by suburbanitemediocrity on Saturday November 17 2018, @09:51AM (1 child)
In Arizona, we get most of our rain in a few storms. It might drizzle or mist for days, but I doubt it contributes anything like a 10 minute downpour when you can't see 40m away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzy6mQFkuTc [youtube.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @11:46PM
I have to think this is true for most desert areas, certainly in the US southwest. Death Valley has canyons that have apparently had more rain in a day than in literally millennia since.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @02:34PM
Tldr
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Entropy on Saturday November 17 2018, @03:49PM
It's clearly discrimination for the other days to not get their fair share of rainfall. In this modern age this kind of inequality can no longer be tolerated.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @04:56PM
Is this extreme weather pattern due to climate change?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 18 2018, @02:00AM
ha! that's interesting.
however there's also something called "dew point" which i think means where dew form (if it doesnt it should be renamed).
one could understand it as "rain" but as just acuring a few minimeters above the grass blade (or whatnot).
how much does dew contribute to moisture content in the top soil?
obviously water is required for stuff to grow and unlike the pinnacle of gods creation work, this stuff is on a mission to improve its chances of survival ... or in other words, plants have a shading effect which (leeeaaaappp here) changes the climate for ... more moisture.
here we could go out on a mystical magical limb, mix some quantum effect into the pot and compare some plants to certain wave-lengths of light and how having more light but at the wrong wave-length will not trigger the electron. so it seems that not all plants are equally suited to capture (and maybe trigger) moisture and maybe also ... the situation has now changed ; )