Heavy downpours are becoming more intense in the United States as climate change supercharges the water cycle, leading to an increase in rainfall rates.

Here in the Springfield area, from 1970 to 2024, the average rainfall intensity increased by 13 percent. For every one degree of warming, the air can hold hold 4 percent more moisture and that ...

A storm hydrograph is a graph to show how and when a rainfall event affects the discharge of a river. The amount and intensity of the rainfall is not the only factor influencing the shape of the ...

Precipitation intensity is measured by a ground-based radar that bounces radar waves off of precipitation. The Local Radar base reflectivity product is a display of echo intensity (reflectivity ...

It seems like rain is never too far from Western New York – especially this season. While we may not need an umbrella today, studies have shown that when we do get rainfall, it is not the frequency ...