Sentence examples for when precipitation from inspiring English sources

When precipitation occurs, it may be very heavy for short periods.

California draws about one-fourth of its power from in-state hydroelectric plants, which rely on melting snow to fill reservoirs for the summer, when precipitation is scarce.

"They were planted in the 20's, when precipitation and temperature were very different," said Dr. Kim Tripp, the botanical garden's vice president for horticulture.

Thus, acid deposition is capable of affecting landscapes and the living things that reside within them even when precipitation is not occurring.

When precipitation does occur, it is often in the form of torrential downpours that cause significant damage through water erosion, flooding, and the destruction of containment dams.

Water storage is also a major issue: snow and snow-fed glaciers do an extraordinarily efficient job of retaining water in winter, when precipitation is plentiful, and releasing it steadily through spring and summer.

From May, when precipitations become more regular inducing probably an increase and stable soil moisture, especially from April to October, Gp increased and reached its maximum values in August–September.

At the US-Fuf site, NEEyr varied from −19 g C m−2 in 2009 when annual precipitation was 296 mm to −174 g C m−2 in 2006 when annual precipitation was 686 mm.

The relative risk of dengue increased linearly when cumulative precipitation was above 75 mm; nevertheless, the risk function indicated opposite effect as cumulative precipitation was below 75 mm.

When the Precipitation Doesn't Freeze SWITZERLAND The futuristic spa at the Tschuggen Grand in Arosa (Sonnenbergstrasse; 41-81-378-9999; www.tschuggen.ch), designed by Mario Botta, opened last winter.

When incoming precipitation exceeds the soil's water-storage capacity, the excess water flows from the soil and can be measured as streamflow.