Sentence examples for probability of rain from inspiring English sources

"You and I probably wouldn't carry an umbrella if the probability of rain was 1% to 5% … [But] the consequence of missing a magnitude 7 or greater earthquake on the San Andreas is a very, very serious consequence," said James Goltz, a former emergency manager on earthquake hazards for the state.

In another test, the researchers delivered information about barometric pressure and temperature and the brain network computed the probability of rain.

Instead of predicting rain with 100% certainty, we recognise the uncertainty in our forecast – perhaps the probability of rain is just 90%, for example.

This time there was a warning – England's whole strategy has been predicated on the probability of rain on the last two days of the second Test – so it will not have come as a great surprise that the penultimate day was so disrupted that there was no play possible between lunch and 5.10pm, at which point 22 overs were left to bowl.

If you're going out and can't decide whether to take an umbrella, you could come to a decision by following a formula that assigns weights to the probability of rain, the pleasure you'll feel in strolling unencumbered, and the displeasure you'll feel if you get wet.

But this was the only gap in the crowded Future Tours Programme, and as of Tuesday night Sri Lanka time, there was said to be a 60% chance of rain on Thursday in Kandy, where England face West Indies in one of the opening two Super Eight matches in nearby Pallekele, and the same probability of rain in Colombo for the first games in the other group the following day.

So he pulled out his iPad and laptop, called up the appropriate weather applications and aviation programs, and set to work calculating the probabilities of rain in the hours ahead.

The exceedence probability statistics of rain height are compared between the two seasons.

Figure 3 Equal probability plots of rain rate and rain attenuation exceedance at % p of the time for the six links.

Probability of warm rain is higher over Western Ghats and Arabian Sea.

Clouds in dirty regions can be twice as thick as clouds in very clean areas, and the probability of heavy rain is doubled there, according to the study.