Sentences with phrase «of major storm activity»

Not exact matches

A computer model developed, in part, by University of Florida researchers can help coastal managers better understand the long - term effects of major storms, sea - level rise and beach restoration activities and possibly save millions of dollars.

They are a common measure of solar activity — the higher the number of sunspots, the higher the probability of a major storm that could wreak havoc on Earth (see Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe).

The North African country of Morocco lies directly in the path of all major North Atlantic swell activity, yet is far enough south (between 20N and 35N) to avoid the same storms and weather fronts that pound Europe.

Finally — it is not remotely necessary for a season to be as intense as 2005 in order for it to be very intense — after, all, 2004 (15 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes, 6 major hurricanes) had over 150 % of the activity of an average season, yet was much less active than 2005 (28 tropical and subtropical storms, 15 hurricanes and 7 major hurricanes.)

These multi-decadal fluctuations in hurricane activity result nearly entirely from differences in the number of hurricanes and major hurricanes forming from tropical storms first named in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea.

Since this index represents a continuous spectrum of both system duration and intensity, it does not suffer as much from the discontinuities inherent in more widely used measures of activity such as the number of tropical storms, hurricanes or major hurricanes.

This is an excellent brain storming exercise which captures all of the major components of work and the tasks for each activity.