Sentences with phrase «more heat waves these days»

We are both having fun and it is cheap and AIR CONDITIONED which is why we joined, to exercise during the summer... there are more and more heat waves these days, and it is also 24 hours which is good for our schedule... it doesn't have to be «the ultimate gym», it suits our needs.

Increase in temperature means an increase in heating which means there will be more heat wave days and more reasons for occurrence of dust storm and thunderstorms.

Not exact matches

The climate, of course, continues to vary around the increased averages, and extremes have changed consistently with these averages — frost days and cold days and nights have become less common, while heat waves and warm days and nights have become more common.

The stronger the amplitude of the wavenumber - 5 pattern, the more likely it was that a heat wave occurred 15 days later.

The striking lag time, which tended to be about two weeks after a temperature drop, although some extended to 28 days, seem to be more pronounced with cold weather heart troubles than in those spurred by heat waves.

But as the heat wave stretched from days to weeks, Coral Sea temperatures spiked more than 3 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, and many corals succumbed to starvation or disease.

Researchers also found that the West has experienced more frequent and severe heat waves, with the number of extremely hot days increasing by up to four days per decade since 1950.

When wavenumber - 5 patterns in the model were more amplified, U.S. heat waves became more likely to form 15 days later.

The new research, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), could potentially enable forecasts of the likelihood of U.S. heat waves 15 - 20 days out, giving society more time to prepare for these often - deadly events.

Nevertheless, the new finding provides hope that scientists can recognize 2 to 3 weeks in advance the conditions that make deadly heat waves more likely, an early warning substantially beyond the 10 - day forecasts meteorologists typically muster.

What if one day, your computer, TV or smart phone could process data with light waves instead of an electrical current, making those devices faster, cheaper and more sustainable through less heat and power consumption?

Even though repeat heat waves brought sizzling hot days, overnight temperatures broke far more records: According to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), in July there were 6,106 record high minimum temperatures, and «only» 2,722 record high daytime temperatures.

Across the globe in recent decades, there has been an increase in the number of hot extremes, particularly very warm nights.1 Hot days have also been hotter and more frequent.2 Since 1950 the number of heat waves has increased and heat waves have become longer.3

(My clothing options are more limited by the day and this weird October heat wave doesn't help.)

Looking at the graph in the articl I am linking to, what were the frequency of heat or cold waves from 1921 to 1950 which show many more blocking days than the 1951 to 1980 time period.

Basically, the only certain thing is we will have more heat waves and less cold days.

As summer days get hotter and stretch into heat waves, the heat can cause more than just discomfort.

The demand for heating in major midwestern cities is typically five to seven times that for cooling, 14 although this is expected to shift as a result of longer summers, more frequent heat waves, and higher humidity, leading to an increase in the number of cooling degree days.

Northeast states can expect more climate change related heat waves — with significantly more days above 90 degrees F — and flooding from sea level rise and extreme precipitation events.

Though there is no formal definition of a «heat wave», Environment Canada uses more than2 days over 32C.

The dangerous effects of heat waves, including death, occur as a result of both temperature and humidity — especially if those conditions persist for more than two days.

Since 1950 the number of heat waves worldwide has increased, and heat waves have become longer.5 The hottest days and nights have become hotter and more frequent.6 7 In the past several years, the global area hit by extremely unusual hot summertime temperatures has increased 50 - fold.8 Over the contiguous United States, new record high temperatures over the past decade have consistently outnumbered new record lows by a ratio of 2:1.9 In 2012, the ratio for the year through June 18 stands at more than 9:1.10 Though this ratio is not expected to remain at that level for the rest of the year, it illustrates how unusual 2012 has been, and how these types of extremes are becoming more likely.

With extreme temperatures in the forecast for a few more days, some cities may break all - time heat wave duration records.

The European heat wave of 2003 is an example of the type of extreme heat event lasting from several days to over a week that is likely to become more common in a warmer future climate.

Meanwhile, more - severe summer heat waves — classified as five - sigma events — will go from being essentially absent in the present day to covering around three per cent of the global land surface by 2040.

This would be the type of heat that would make deadly heat wave in Europe in 2003 that killed more than 70,000 people «look like a refreshing day or event,» said study co-author Jeremy Pal of Loyola Marymount University

It was more than just luck though: the global warming alarmists in Congress who had called Hansen scheduled him to testify during the heat wave and turned the air conditioning off that day.

The IPCC also noted that «simple extremes,» such as» [h] igher maximum temperatures; more hot days and heat waves over nearly all land areas» — which are deemed «very likely» — could result in some of the following:

Heat waves have become more frequent and intense, while very cold days have decreased.

But with heat waves becoming more intense and happening more often as the world warms, that air conditioner use on the hottest days will put substantially more demand on the nation's electricity grids, a new study finds.

Public health impacts include injuries and deaths from heat waves; more intense storms, floods, and wildfires; more severe and frequent bad - air days; and changes in disease pathways and allergen potency.