However,
considerable evidence (8 ⇓ ⇓ — 11, 31 ⇓ — 33) simultaneously suggests that the response of northeastern Pacific
atmospheric circulation to anthropogenic warming is likely to be complex and spatiotemporally inhomogeneous, and that
changes in the
atmospheric mean state may not be reflective of
changes in the risk of extreme events (including
atmospheric configurations conducive to precipitation extremes).