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Image: Satellite image of a large dust storm in the Takla Makan Desert, northwestern China. MODIS Rapid Response Team/NASA/GFSC
Climate in Transition, Blended Seasons, and Era of Global Boiling
https://binarysolarsystemarchives.blogspot.com/p/climate-change-and-planet-x.html
Wind Events Increasing:
Strong Wind and Windstorms Events on the Rise:
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS INCREASING IN CENTRAL U.S.
"Analysis shows impact of climate change on outflow from thunderstorms
Destructive winds that flow out of thunderstorms in the central United States are becoming more widespread with warming temperatures, according to new research by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)."
https://news.ucar.edu/132927/damaging-thunderstorm-winds-increasing-central-us
Winds Speeds Increasing:
JET STREAM WINDS WILL ACCELERATE WITH WARMING CLIMATE
Faster winds likely to cause bumpier flights, more severe weather. New research shows that the fastest jet stream winds will accelerate with climate change.
New research by the University of Chicago and the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) finds that fast jet stream winds will get significantly faster by mid century because of climate change.
The study, in Nature Climate Change, suggests that the fastest upper-level jet stream winds will accelerate by about 2% for every degree Celsius (1.8° Fahrenheit) that the world warms. Furthermore, the fastest winds will speed up 2.5 times faster than the average wind.
Jet stream winds are powerful and narrow bands in the upper atmosphere that generally move from west to east, influencing weather patterns as well as aircraft. Faster winds would likely increase the potential for severe weather, and they could worsen clear air turbulence for air travelers while affecting flight times.
https://news.ucar.edu/132935/jet-stream-winds-will-accelerate-warming-climate
Surface Wind Speed Change
"The main cause of wind is differential heating, or the difference in temperature between different areas. The impact of global warming on surface wind speeds is an active area of research. Winds across much of North America, Europe and Asia have been growing faster since about 2010. Prior to 2010, observations indicated that surface wind speed had decreased in numerous sites around the globe for decades. Changes in wind speed can have far-reaching implications, such as on the rate of evaporation.
There are serious implications of wind changes in areas like agriculture and hydrology, basically because of the influence of wind on evaporation.
This may affect earth's systems such as heat, floods, drought, hurricanes, and fires.
Global warming is having profound effects on Earth systems. Glaciers, snow, and permafrost are declining. Sea level rise and ocean acidification are accelerating. The air currents that influence the world's weather are changing. Climate zones are shifting poleward and ecosystems are being disrupted. These large-scale changes are having widespread and severe impacts, increasing human exposure and vulnerability to hazards including extreme heat, floods, drought, hurricanes, and fires."
https://www.climatesignals.org/climate-signals/surface-wind-speed-change
Some Experts Want a New ‘Category 6’ For Stronger Hurricanes
https://time.com/6691881/why-some-experts-want-category-6-for-hurricanes/
Preparation, Safety, and Health:
Strong Wind Safety
"High winds can occur during a severe thunderstorm, with a strong weather system, or can flow down a mountain. When winds are sustained at 40-50 mph, isolated wind damage is possible. Widespread significant wind damage can occur with higher wind speeds. During strong thunderstorms, straight line wind speeds can exceed 100 mph. High winds can blow objects around and pose a significant threat to your safety. Understanding the risks can help you prepare for these events"
https://www.weather.gov/safety/wind
Hurricane Safety Tips and Resources:
Hurricane Hazards
- While hurricanes pose the greatest threat to life and property, tropical storms and depression also can be devastating. The primary hazards from tropical cyclones (which include tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes) are storm surge flooding, inland flooding from heavy rains, destructive winds, tornadoes, and high surf and rip currents.
- Storm surge is the abnormal rise of water generated by a storm's winds. This hazard is historically the leading cause of hurricane related deaths in the United States. Storm surge and large battering waves can result in large loss of life and cause massive destruction along the coast.
- Storm surge can travel several miles inland, especially along bays, rivers, and estuaries.
- Flooding from heavy rains is the second leading cause of fatalities from landfalling tropical cyclones. Widespread torrential rains associated with these storms often cause flooding hundreds of miles inland. This flooding can persist for several days after a storm has dissipated.
- Winds from a hurricane can destroy buildings and manufactured homes. Signs, roofing material, and other items left outside can become flying missiles during hurricanes.
- Tornadoes can accompany landfalling tropical cyclones. These tornadoes typically occur in rain bands well away from the center of the storm.
- Dangerous waves produced by a tropical cyclone's strong winds can pose a significant hazard to coastal residents and mariners. These waves can cause deadly rip currents, significant beach erosion, and damage to structures along the coastline, even when the storm is more than a 1,000 miles offshore.
https://www.weather.gov/safety/hurricane
https://www.weather.gov/owlie/publication_brochures#hurricanes
Tornado Safety:
- A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm down to the ground.
- Tornadoes are capable of completely destroying well-made structures, uprooting trees, and hurling objects through the air like deadly missiles.
- Tornadoes can occur at any time of day or night and at any time of the year. Although tornadoes are most common in the Central Plains and the southeastern United States, they have been reported in all 50 states.
- This website is designed to teach you how to stay safe when a tornado threatens. If you know what to do before, during and after a tornado, you will minimize your risk of injury and increase your chances of survival. You'll also find links to research, past events other topics of interest as well as downloadable safety handouts about thunderstorms, lightning, and tornadoes.
- https://www.weather.gov/safety/tornado
- https://www.weather.gov/owlie/publication_brochures#tornadoes
Relevant Current Events:
2024
Tuesday February 27, 2024
Fire-Weather: When High Winds Meet Dry Air
Severe Storm Threat In The Midwest Could Produce Large Hail, Wind Damage And Tornadoes
- Severe thunderstorms will impact parts of the Midwest into early Wednesday.
- Large hail, wind damage and an isolated tornado threat will accompany those storms.
- A sharp drop in temperatures, even snow could follow for some.
- Damaging hail, strong wind gusts and tornadoes could accompany severe storms that flare up in the Midwest tonight as a strong cold front slices into unusually warm air that's already shattered temperature records this week.
https://weather.com/storms/severe/news/2024-02-22-severe-tornado-wind-thunderstorm-forecast
June 5, 2024 News Collection
Weather . com
'Tornado Alley' Has Shifted East From The Plains, A New Study Says
At a Glance:
A new study found the most active tornado corridor in the U.S. has changed in recent decades.
It's focused in the lower Mississippi Valley, but still is active into the lower Ohio Valley and Southern Plains.
There are also more winter tornadoes than past decades.
Tornadoes have diminished more in summer than any other season.
CNN: The US is in the middle of an exceptional tornado streak. Here’s what it looks like
Unusual Tornado Cluster and Damage in the Maryland DC Area:
CNN: 1 dead, homes damaged after destructive tornadoes and storms hit three states and a DC suburb
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