Dubai rain: Why experts don't think cloud seeding played a role
With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai, meteorologists said.
Cloud seeding, although decades old, is still controversial in the weather community, mostly because it has been hard to prove that it does very much. No one reports the type of flooding that on Tuesday doused the UAE, which often deploys the technology in an attempt to squeeze every drop of moisture from a sky that usually gives less than 4 or 5 inches (10 to 13 centimeters) of rain a year.
“It’s most certainly not cloud seeding,” said private meteorologist Ryan Maue, former chief scientist at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “If that occurred with cloud seeding, they’d have water all the time. You can’t create rain out of thin air per se and get 6 inches of water. That’s akin to perpetual motion technology.”
Related articles
Sweden beats France, Britain relegated after losing to Norway at hockey worlds
PRAGUE (AP) — Sweden beat France 3-1 to preserve a perfect record at the ice hockey world championsh2024-05-21Ashley Roberts, 42, is the epitome of chic in a black off
Ashley Roberts turned heads in a semi-sheer gown as she attended the Variety Club Showbusiness Award2024-05-21Renowned musicians Friendship Trio wow audiences in Shanghai
Friendship Trio consisting of three leading musicians from Asia: South Korean pianist and conductor2024-05-21Hawaii is known for its macadamia nuts. Lawmakers want to keep it that way
HONOLULU (AP) — For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous2024-05-21OpenAI pauses ChatGPT voice after Scarlett Johansson comparisons
NEW YORK (AP) — OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices after some users s2024-05-21WNBA franchises look to build and strengthen chemistry during camp in their hunt for championships
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty know how tough it is to put together a talented roster, have pl2024-05-21
atest comment