Posted on 08/09/2022 1:36:32 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The towering clouds, the thundering claps, the sudden, torrential downpours: The dramatic summer thunderstorms of the Plains states etch themselves into the memory of anyone who experiences them.
But a new study finds that climate change is likely to affect their flavor. By the end of the century, the commonplace, intense storms that deliver 50 to 90 percent of the southern Plains states’ annual water are likely to occur a little less frequently, while more thunderstorm days both weak and strong will drench the East and Northeast.
Climate scientists have gotten better and better at “downscaling” the big models or linking them up with fine-scale regional models, revealing how global climate change’s impacts will play out for even small events like hail or thunderstorms.
Using those new methods, a 2017 study pointed out the pattern: High, dry Rockies air could cut off storm formation in some parts of the Plains states, even with plenty of warm, energetic, damp air near the surface, while zones to the East would be ripe for more storms.
The new study pushes the spatial and seasonal subtlety of those projections even further, thanks to ever-increasing computing power. “This is really building the case for this change,” says Robert Jeffrey Trapp, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne. It’s not a wholesale loss, he emphasizes. “There will still be thunderstorms and tornadoes in Oklahoma in 2100. But there may be less.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalgeographic.com ...
Interesting the climate change advocates never mention the eruption of the Tonga Volcano which pumped estimated 58 million tons of ash and vapor into our atmosphere last 19 Jan 2022. The largest volcano to happen perhaps in history.
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Volcano tax next.
My God, we never had Thunderstorm before. It is a brand new thing...
Yeah, I lived in Va. for years, and we never had thunderstorms when I lived there. /sarcasm
I needed a good laugh about now. That was precious.
I’m praying every night for rain. If some thunder and lightning come with it, so be it.
Climate 101: Why Does Climate Change Increase Rainfall? https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/climate... Jun 07, 2017 · Here’s the answer! The water vapor that feeds precipitation comes from two sources. One study concludes that about 60 percent of the rain and snow that falls over land
The Recorder - 16th driest July on record comes in sharp contras… www.recorder.com/16th-driest-July-on-record-comes-in-sharp-contrast-to-2021-s-wettest-conditions-47526646 … After receiving more than an average of 10 inches of rain across the state last year, Massachusetts had its 16th driest July on record and received less than half of its average precipitation in June, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center of Cornell University.
This July was one of Boston's hottest and driest ever https://www.boston.com/news/weather/2022/08/01/.
Drought Conditions Worsen in CT River Valley, Southeast, … https://www.mass.gov/news/drought-conditions... Aug 09, 2022 · Rainfall was the lowest across eastern Massachusetts, particularly within Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard reporting less than an inch of rain, less than 50% of normal
Eastern Massachusetts in 'Severe Drought' - Framingham SOURCE https://framinghamsource.com/index.php/2022/08/06/...Aug 06, 2022 · Providing further perspective, preliminary rankings for driest Julys on record
England Records Driest July in 87 Years Amid Sizzling … https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-01/... Aug 01, 2022 · Open. England had the driest July since 1935
France Has Driest July on Record With Crops Taking a Battering https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-02/... Aug 02, 2022 · Green Data Dash. . France experienced its driest July on record as searing heat spread across Europe, putting strain in key crops. The average precipitation across the country …
So, they are saying Florida might experience thunderstorms someday? Wow. That is going to scare a lot of Floridians who have never seen a thunderstorm before.
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