Further, their model explained a number of current phenomena and helped explain past instances of very rapid sea level rise and
extreme storminess.
Instead, what seemed to be the main factor that increased the chances of
that extreme storminess was a change in winds all the way over in the tropical Pacific.
Not exact matches
The period as described in the BOOTY site from the mid 12th century though the 13th century and into the first third of the 14th century was incredibly variable and
extreme in
storminess, cold, heat, rainfall and drought and the consequent severe famine and disease.
So,
extremes of
storminess are not a useful indicator either way.
With regard to
storminess and precipitation, the TAR states that there is no trend towards
extremes.
They found no long - term trend during the last 100 years, but a clear rise since a minimum of
storminess in the 1960s, which is consistent with the rise in
extreme geostrophic wind found by Jones et al. (1999c).