Sentence examples for precipitation falling from inspiring English sources
Precipitation falling toward Earth's surface may suffer several fates.
Frozen precipitation, falling to levels of the atmosphere that are much warmer than 0 °C, often melts and reaches the ground as rain.
"There's a clear shift in these regions towards not only more precipitation falling as rain, but earlier melt of what does fall," he said.
Average annual precipitation, falling mainly in winter and spring, varies from 8 to 67 inches (200 to 1,700 mm) over the sea, with the least falling in the east and the most in the southwestern region.
About one-third of the precipitation falling on land runs off to the oceans primarily in rivers, while direct groundwater discharge to the oceans accounts for only about 0.6 percent of the total discharge.
This flow of energy consists of two basic modes of energy exchange: (1) the radiation of long-wavelength and short-wavelength electromagnetic energy (i.e., infrared and ultraviolet light) and (2) the transfer of heat energy associated with evaporation and condensation, with convection between the air and the surface, and (to a lesser extent) with precipitation falling on the surface.
Most precipitation falls from December through March.
Little precipitation falls in May and June.
About half the precipitation falls from June to August.
These days, though, more precipitation falls as rain than as snow, placing stress on the reservoirs.
"No matter what type of precipitation falls in any given location, travel conditions are likely to be dangerous into Wednesday.
