The south is expected to be chilly with average or above average precipitation.

预计南部会很冷，平均水量或高于平均水量。

Glaciers hold precipitation in the winter and slowly release it during the hot dry summer.

冰川在冬季保存水，在炎热干燥的夏季缓慢释放水。

The annual precipitation of the region this year is higher than that of last year.

今年该地区的年水量比去年高。

About 10 percent of lightning strikes take place when there's no precipitation.

大约10%的雷击发生在没有水的时候。

The surrounding mountains get plenty of rainfall.

周围的山地能够截大量水。

Those impacts are in the form of extreme precipitation.

影响主要以极端水的形式出现。

Nearly all the rain falls during the summer monsoon.

几乎所有水都发生在夏季季风时节。

As much as 10 inches in 12 hours.

12个小时内水最多会达10英尺。

Rainfall as low as 2 inches a year.

年水量只有2英寸。

Good news, all the water this winter is significantly rolling back.

好消息是，这个冬再也水足了。

Some places are always very dry. There is not a lot of rain.

一些地方总是非常干旱。那里没有充足的水。

Some experts say the lack of rainfall will worsen in the future.

一些专家表示，未来缺乏水的情况会恶化。

To the east is the Loess Plateau with little rainfall.

它的东面则是水稀少的黄土高原。

So we do expect the rain to be the predominant precipitation type by Sunday afternoon.

所以我们预计周日下午以前，主要的水类型会是雨水。

13 inches of rain fell in the town of Babylon on Long Island Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

水从周二早上一直持续至周三早上，纽约长岛巴比伦镇的水量达13英寸。

South Island is cooler and has a higher rainfall.

南部的岛候要凉爽些，水量更大。

This produces narrow bands of clouds and precipitation in the form of snow.

这就诞生了狭窄的云带和雪的形式的水。

In fact, in gets some of the most rain in all of America really.

实际上，可以说那里是整个美国水最多的地区。

Two months of rainfall has fallen across the region in a few days.

两个月的水量在几内落该地区。

Tropical monsoons bring ample rainfall to keep the acidic soils thin and bare.

热带季风带来的丰沛水，使酸性沙壤土养分稀薄。