Sentences with phrase «winter warming events»

As a result, the total duration of winter warming events has tripled, from about 7 days per year to around 21 days per year.

Scientists are no strangers to Arctic winter warming events, winter days during which the temperature in the Arctic is above 14 degrees Fahrenheit.

Using data gathered from buoys, drifting weather stations, and field campaigns, the study authors discovered that the number of winter warming events in the North Pole more than doubled since 1980.

A rise in Arctic storms has more than doubled the number of winter warming events, which could greatly impede ice growth.

Not exact matches

recently supported two local events that warmed people's spirits on cold winter days: Stratford Winterfest, and the Heartburn Day Chili Cook - Off.

If you're wondering about how your ochlophobia translates to off - season events like FanFests or Winter Warm - Ups, don't worry.

«Part of the challenge Syracuse faces is directly related to climate change, with colder winters, warmer summers, and more dramatic freeze - thaw events happening both earlier and later in the season,» she said.

«We expect the first heavy precipitation events with a clear global warming signal will appear during winters in Russia, Canada and northern Europe over the next 10 - 30 years,» said co-author Dr Ed Hawkins from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science at the University of Reading, UK.

And a large majority of Americans believe that global warming made several high profile extreme weather events worse, including record high summer temperatures nationwide, droughts in Texas and Oklahoma, catastrophic Mississippi River flooding, Hurricane Irene and an unusually warm winter.

Warmer and longer winters, prolonged drought, and other impacts from a changing climate could boost the number of days conducive to extreme fire events by 35 percent, the study found.

This year, the event will benefit from an unseasonably warm winter, with satellite data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationplacing the average water surface temperature around Coney Island in December at about 48 degrees Fahrenheit (8.9 degrees Celsius).

The body of several thousand atmospheric scientists, climatologists, glaciologists, oceanographers and other scientists, hailing from 154 countries, are more certain than ever that humanity is to blame for global warming, which may be linked to odd events like trees blossoming in the Luxembourg Garden here in the middle of winter.

That study, based on temperature records extending back to 1880, found that while such an extreme winter would have been a once - a-decade event for that region back in the late 19th century, it «has become extraordinarily unlikely in the early 21st century» due to long - term warming, the authors wrote.

Temperature during the winter as a whole have generally decreased over the past two decades, likely as a result of climate change, but the sensitivity of ozone loss to the exact timing of March warming events makes ozone depletion a much more variable quantity.

Looking into the future, we found that, if nothing is done to slow climate change, by the time global warming reaches 2 ºC events like this winter would become common at the North Pole, happening every few years.

Such an extremely warm winter in Earth's northern extremity is still a rare event but climate change has «made the event more likely by orders of magnitude», the authors tell Carbon Brief.

This is one event where men dress up the best but one thing to make sure is to keep yourself warm in winters, without compromising on the style game.

When the snow thaws, the area that houses winter's Blue Cross RiverRink Winterfest transforms into Blue Cross RiverRink Summerfest, a warm - weather edition with a roller rink, a boathouse - styled lodge, a play area for kids, carnival - style fun, food and drink options and events throughout the season.

Great to stay warm at chilly winter sports events or to keep cozy indoors, the super soft NHL Raschel Throw Blanket boasts your favorite team's logo in the center with alternating team color starburst design.

I thought choosing this dress for a winter event would be a great idea, but it was really warm and at times uncomfortable.

recently supported two local events that warmed people's spirits on cold winter days: Stratford Winterfest, and the Heartburn Day Chili Cook - Off.

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Gray Whale watching is a winter event and we encourage you to dress in layers of warm clothing, and wear comfortable flat shoes on your trip.

It's winter in Santa Barbara, and rather than snow and ice, that means soul - warming sunshine, quiet, secluded beaches and a lot of fun events.

With the current El Niño weather event expected to continue bringing warm water over the rest of the winter, this slow - motion catastrophe is likely to continue.

Airlie's famous main street closes for the weekend to host two massive street parties featuring live entertainment plus you'll get to enjoy the regions warm winter days while taking in specialty events like the popular Comedy Gala and Frocktails fashion show.

Regardless, I would posit the worsening winter ice formation is as expected given the poles suffer first and winters warm faster than summers, BUT that this is happening within two years of the EN peak, which was my time line in 2015, one wonders if the combination of warm EN - heated Pacific waters (oceans move slowly) and warm air are a trailing edge of the EN effect OR this is signallibg a phase change driven by that EN, or is just an extreme winter event.

«Can the persistent weather conditions associated with recent severe events such as the snowy winters of 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 in the eastern U.S. and Europe, the historic drought and heat - wave in Texas during summer 2011, or record - breaking rains in the northeast U.S. of summer 2011 be attributed to enhanced high - latitude warming?

Because of the limited length of our letter we were not able to present a comprehensive discussion of the scientific literature that is being cited in support of these linkages so we focused on just one of them: the paper by Francis and Vavrus, «Evidence Linking Arctic Amplification to Extreme Weather in Mid-Latitudes,» in which it is argued that Arctic warming is linked to a range of extreme events in midlatitudes, including the kind of persistent cold that we have been experiencing this winter.

1998 was so warm in part because of the big El Niño event over the winter of 1997 - 1998 which directly warmed a large part of the Pacific, and indirectly warmed (via the large increase in water vapour) an even larger region.

eg Graham explained that these warming events are related to the decline of winter sea ice in the Arctic, noting that January's ice extent was the lowest on record.

I'm not trying to say that every weather event or any particular weather event is a result of global warming, but just because it's cold outside doesn't mean that winter weather patterns are unaffected by global warming.

In making its seasonal prediction, forecasters cautioned that there are large portions of the country for which there are no clear indications whether it will be a warmer, colder, wetter, or drier than average winter, largely due to a fickle El Niño event that may have petered out too early to have much of an impact on North American winter weather.

Winter 2009 - 2010 showed a new connectivity between mid-latitude extreme cold and snowy weather events and changes in the wind patterns of the Arctic; the so - called Warm Arctic - Cold Continents pattern.

Whoever wrote the press release for this paper tried hard to suggest the cause of the 2004 - 2006 event might have been «thin» winter ice caused by global warming that was later deformed into thick spring ice, an absurd excuse that has been tried before (discussed here).

17 El Nino verses La Nina El Niño La Niña Trade winds weaken Warm ocean water replaces offshore cold water near South America Irregular intervals of three to seven years Wetter than average winters in NC La Niña Normal conditions between El Nino events When surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific are colder than average The southern US is usually warmer and dryer in climate

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Warmer summer and fall seasons and fewer winter freeze - thaw events have led to changes in the relative numbers of different types of bugs in the Arctic, research shows.

The loss of Arctic summer sea ice and the rapid warming of the continent could be altering the jet stream [3]-- and thus weather patterns — over North America, Europe and Russia, increasing the likelihood of extreme weather events and driving winter storms south.

The dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice and snow is one of the most profound signs of global warming and has coincided with «a period of ostensibly more frequent events of extreme weather across the mid-latitudes, including extreme heat and rainfall events and recent severe winters,» according to the conference organizers, who are posting updates under the #arctic17 hashtag on Twitter.

Evidence suggests that the negative phase of the Arctic Oscillation was driven in part by warm air (air warmed by the dramatic seasonal loss of Arctic sea ice) 9 as well as by changes in snow cover over Eurasia driven by climate change.10 This event is part of an emerging trend in which a warming climate may paradoxically bring colder, snowier winters to northern Europe and the eastern United States.11

GWO's Climate Pulse Technology model indicates that the Tropical South Pacific Ocean temperatures where El Niño events typically form — will warm significantly during late winter and approach weak El Niño conditions during the spring - much like the El Niño scare of last year.

Last year saw plenty of warm weather around the country, but other notable events included dry months in the southeast, some very cold winter nights, and record - warm dry season days in the north.

In addition, the pattern of sea surface temperatures at low latitudes is extremely important for regional climate variations (shown, for example, by the increased likelihood of heavy winter rainfall in California when the eastern tropical Pacific warms in El Niño events).

When that Arctic forcing is SST related, it would be lagged and could be out of phase meaning a global cooling or pause would produce stronger Arctic Winter Warming and stronger more frequent SSW events.

The Arctic surface air temperature is strongly effected by atmospheric forcing and atmospheric energy circulated poleward which creates the Arctic Winter Warming and Sudden Stratospheric warming Warming and Sudden Stratospheric warming warming events.

Hypothetically (and the relationship is already well established statistically) the gamut of Mid Winter Warmings, Sudden Stratospheric Warmings and Final Warmings in the Arctic stratosphere depend upon the supply of ozone rich air from mid latitudes being thrust into the Arctic stratosphere where ozone is normally in a somewhat depleted state due to erosive nitrogen compounds descending from the mesosphere, in turn related to Particle Precipitation Events that are strongly related to geomagnetic influences and the solar wind.

Unfortunately — as the climate of the boreal forests warms more beetle larvae survive the winter months — large pine beetle outbreaks are no longer once in a century events.

Another avenue for cold damage, even in a relatively warm winter, is when there is an extended warm period in late winter or early spring causing premature leaf - out or bloom, followed by a damaging frost event, as occurred throughout the Northeast in 200770 and again in 2012 when apple, grape, cherry, and other fruit crops were hard hit.71

More than one - half of the stations showed a significant positive relationship at the daily time scale between warm nights (daily minimum temperature greater than the 90th percentile) or warm days (daily maximum temperature above the 90th percentile) and heavy - precipitation events (daily precipitation exceeding the 75th percentile), with the greater frequencies found for the east and southwest coasts during autumn and winter.