Improving forecasts for rain-on-snow flooding
Seattle WA (SPX) Dec 19, 2014 - Many of the worst West Coast winter floods pack a double punch. Heavy rains and melting snow wash down the mountains together to breach riverbanks, wash out roads and flood buildings. These events are unpredictable and difficult to forecast. Yet they will become more common as the planet warms and more winter precipitation falls as rain rather than snow. University of Washington mountain h ... more

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