"...the consensus of fair-minded research — ignored by those who assume to know better in the Republican Congress — is that an earth warmed by an excess of man-caused carbon emissions will cause more weather extremes. Warm air holds more water vapor than cold air — that’s an axiom that a congressman with a set of talking points paid for by Exxon cannot wish away. Torrential flooding in all parts of the world could easily be part of a new phase brought on by just a few upticks in ocean temperatures. The forecast is simple: You ain’t seen nothing yet..."
- from Timothy Egan's Twister's Tale: Violent Weather and Common Sense NYTimes commentary piece
Showing posts with label tornados. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tornados. Show all posts
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Twisters & climate change, in NY Times
Friday, May 27, 2011
Data - Tornados in California, 1950-2011(so far)
In case you're curious - I wanted to see what kind of trend we've seen.
(ignore the big blue square that's thinking outside the box; that was an accident.)
Source data here - which, following more or less in Tamino's footsteps, I extracted from NOAA's Storm Prediction Center's archived data, and from 2000+, year-by-year data, available as annual reports/maps - e.g. nationally for 2011, or, just for CA, e.g. for 2011 so far (11)
Apparently tornado detection is more sensitive than it used to be, so the apparent increase in numbers for Calif. might not reflect an actual increase.
(ignore the big blue square that's thinking outside the box; that was an accident.)
Source data here - which, following more or less in Tamino's footsteps, I extracted from NOAA's Storm Prediction Center's archived data, and from 2000+, year-by-year data, available as annual reports/maps - e.g. nationally for 2011, or, just for CA, e.g. for 2011 so far (11)
Apparently tornado detection is more sensitive than it used to be, so the apparent increase in numbers for Calif. might not reflect an actual increase.
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