A warming atmosphere has a higher capacity to hold water vapor, leading to more intense "downpours" or "cloudbursts". Climate models indicate that as global temperatures rise, the planet is becoming significantly wetter, with heavy precipitation events projected to increase by 50% to 300% this century. Atmospheric Rivers
: According to the Clausius-Clapeyron relationship, the atmosphere's capacity to hold water increases by approximately 7% for every 1°C rise in temperature . heavy raincpy hot