Sentences with phrase «number of tropical cyclones likely»

Did you ever realise that this is not the result of global cooling or the lack of global warming, but an increased number of tropical cyclones likely as a result of global warming?

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However it is also likely — in other words there is a 66 percent to 100 percent probability — that overall there will be either a decrease or essentially no change in the number of tropical cyclones.

For example, the latest report from the IPCC says while there could be a decrease or no change in the number of tropical cyclones occurring globally through the 21st century, they are likely to be stronger when they do strike.

Worldwide there will likely be an average increase in the maximum wind speed of tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons) of 2 to 11 %.6 Because of the way extremes respond to changes such as these, Category 4 and 5 hurricanes are expected to nearly double in number by the end of the century.7 The rate of rainfall associated with tropical cyclones, an important factor in flooding, is expected to increase approximately 20 % within 100 km of the center of these storms.8

«For the high emissions scenario, it is likely that the frequency of hot days will increase by a factor of 10 in most regions of the world», said Thomas Stocker the other Co-chair of Working Group I. «Likewise, heavy precipitation will occur more often, and the wind speed of tropical cyclones will increase while their number will likely remain constant or decrease».

With the slowly increasing SSTs as a result of global warming, greater numbers of tropical depressions will likely form, which, over warm water may mature into tropical storms, which over even warmer water may strengthen to tropical cyclones.