Wind direction was pretty well straight East early before shifting more to the SE and building to
Trade wind strength by 10.00 AM.
Wind direction is coming out of the NE @ 3 - 5knot but predicted to swing more to the E — SE by mid morning and increase to
Trade wind strength by early afternoon.
Not exact matches
However, the
Trade Winds are primarily caused
by the Hadley circulation, and are only modulated
by the Walker circulation, so it is more precise to think of this result as indicating a change in
strength of the Walker circulation.
«the heat uptake is
by no means permanent: when the
trade wind strength returns to normal — as it inevitably will — our research suggests heat will quickly accumulate in the atmosphere.
«The authors write that «the El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a naturally occurring fluctuation,» whereby «on a timescale of two to seven years, the eastern equatorial Pacific climate varies between anomalously cold (La Niña) and warm (El Niño) conditions,» and that «these swings in temperature are accompanied
by changes in the structure of the subsurface ocean, variability in the
strength of the equatorial easterly
trade winds, shifts in the position of atmospheric convection, and global teleconnection patterns associated with these changes that lead to variations in rainfall and weather patterns in many parts of the world,» which end up affecting «ecosystems, agriculture, freshwater supplies, hurricanes and other severe weather events worldwide.»»
This basin - wide change in the Atlantic climate (both warming and cooling) induces a basin - scale sea surface temperature seesaw with the Pacific Ocean, which in turn modifies the position of the Walker circulation (the language
by which the tropical basins communicate) and the
strength of the Pacific
trade winds.
But the heat uptake is
by no means permanent: when the
trade wind strength returns to normal --- as it inevitably will --- our research suggests heat will quickly accumulate in the atmosphere.