Rainstorms

A hard rain's a-gonna fall

This map, produced by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, shows how much more often severe rainstorms are predicted to occur around the United States by the end of the 21st century as compared to the period from 2000-2013.

Courtesy of Andreas Prein, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Warmer air holds more moisture. This simple physics principle could become a problem through the rest of the 21st century. As global climates get hotter and hotter, atmospheric scientists predict that extreme weather events will become stronger and more frequent. In a paper published today in Nature Climate Change, researchers used climate data from 2000 to 2013 to predict that certain regions of the United States will see four times as many extreme rainstorms by the end of this century, and that rainstorms will increase in intensity by up to 70 percent.


https://www.popsci.com/climate-scientists-predict-more-powerful-intense-rainstorms-this-century