Sentences with phrase «more moisture in the atmosphere»
The warmer ocean waters mean more moisture in the atmosphere for the storm to suck up; the cold air over the continent ensures that moisture falls as snow.
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A generally warmer world holds more moisture in the atmosphere.
Based on the Clausius - Clapeyron equation, Mann calculated that amounts to roughly 3 to 5 percent more moisture in the atmosphere — which means more rain.
Scientists like Mann have also linked warm ocean temperatures off New England to the dramatic snowfalls that Boston experienced earlier this year — noting that warmer water means there is more moisture in the atmosphere above it.
But those warmer oceans also mean more moisture in the atmosphere, even more energy to strengthen the storm, and the potential for larger snowfalls.
Even if carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere doubled, or more, the climate effect if any, is probably beneficial (warmer at night and near the poles and with more moisture in the atmosphere).
As more evaporation leads to more moisture in the atmosphere, rainfall intensifies.
More heat means more energy in the system, and more moisture in the atmosphere.
More moisture in the atmosphere means snowstorms are more likely — snow is freezing atmospheric precipitation — and more severe when storms do occur.
He told Climate News Network: «That really affects how easily we cool off, because we lose heat by sweating − and the more moisture in the atmosphere, the less efficient that process becomes.»
«That means 3 - 5 % more moisture in the atmosphere.»