Research Article

Trends of Convective and Stratiform Precipitation in the Czech Republic, 1982–2010

Table 2

Trend magnitudes (expressed as relative change of the examined characteristics in %/10 years) of average precipitation characteristics from all stations over 1982–2010. * (**) denotes trend significant at the 0.2 (0.1) level.

CharacteristicsConvectiveStratiformTotal
Lin. reg.SenLin. reg.SenLin. reg.Sen

Spring
 Amount 9.2** 8.0* 0.0 −0.7 5.6 3.9*
 Days 14.7** 14.0** −3.1 −3.7 3.0 1.5
 R6h −5.7 −4.1 3.9 5.5 −0.2 −0.7
 R1D −3.8 −4.1 2.9 4.1 2.5 1.4

Summer
 Amount 7.5** 4.4 3.0 2.7 6.9* 5.2
 Days 5.3* 4.6 −4.1 −5.2 1.6 1.4
 R6h 0.5 0.7 1.3 −2.9 1.9 −1.6
 R1D 2.2 2.2 4.9 2.5 6.6* 2.8

Autumn
 Amount 14.7** 15.8** 9.7*10.7**11.9**11.5**
 Days 23.0** 21.7** 3.2 4.4 6.9* 5.7*
 R6h 1.3 2.2 9.3*12.6** 8.6*10.4*
 R1D 0.0 0.214.6**15.2**12.9**11.6**

Winter
 Amount 1.6 1.4 −2.2 0.5 −1.1 2.2
 Days −2.0 −1.7 −4.2 −2.2 −2.7 −3.3
 R6h 5.9 −2.3 2.1 0.9 2.3 1.8
 R1D 3.4 −1.4 2.5 1.5 2.2 1.3