Climate Change Fills Storms With More Rain Analysis Shows The New Studies on hurricane harvey found that climate change contributed as much as 38 percent, or 19 inches, of the more than 50 inches of rain that fell in some places. dr. patricola’s study broadens. Stronger peak intensity. the peak intensity of hurricanes has also been rising with climate change. in a 2020 study, kossin found the intensity of storms between 1979 and 2017 increased by about 6.
Climate Change Fills Storms With More Rain Analysis Shows The New The average rainfall for july in new orleans, which is in the path of the storm, is just under six inches. and tropical storm barry, which may become a category 1 hurricane before making landfall, will drop rain on already saturated land. on wednesday, the region was hit by severe thunderstorms, which dropped as much as seven inches of rain. In a pre industrial climate, rainfall from storms as intense as the 2023 24 season, had an estimated return period of 1 in 50 years. however, in today’s climate, with 1.2°c of global warming, similarly intense storm rainfall is expected to occur more often, about once every five years. climate change has also increased the amount of rainfall. Based on current climate model projections, the researchers concluded that extreme storms may increase 60 percent by the year 2100. thanks to weather satellites, scientists have identified possible correlations between the extremely cold clouds seen in thermal infrared satellite images (called deep convective clouds) and extreme storms observed. The record breaking number of atlantic hurricanes in 2020, a whopping 30 named storms, led to intense speculation over whether and how climate change was involved (sn: 12 21 20). it’s a question.
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