Still smaller, to be sure, than natural variability, but certainly not nothing, when once considers that that each degree c represents a 15 - 20 mph increase in
potential hurricane strength.
Not exact matches
The
potential crisis comes in the form of a massive
hurricane gaining
strength off the southeast coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico.
«BPS made the decision to close as the
hurricane's path,
strength and
potential impact on Brevard County became more clear,» said BPS spokeswoman Jennifer Wolfinger.
A summary of the studies, released last month, warns of a nonlinear relationship between the
strength of future storms and
potential losses, which stand to grow even if the worst predictions about
hurricanes aren't realized.
There have been various studies investigating the
potential effect of long - term global warming on the number and
strength of Atlantic - basin
hurricanes.