Rainfall & Hurricane Forecast: Implications To Inland Marine-Rainfall & Hurricane Forecast: Implications To Inland Marine

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The video focuses on how rising greenhouse gas emissions, particularly carbon dioxide and methane, are contributing to global warming and changing precipitation patterns, including those associated with tropical cyclones. Research funded by NOAA in states like Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana highlights the unprecedented increase in CO2 levels, which accelerates the greenhouse effect and drives up global temperatures. This warming climate is linked to more extreme weather events and a rise in ocean heat content, impacting precipitation and tropical cyclones. The speaker discusses how the excess heat stored in the atmosphere and oceans leads to changes in precipitation patterns and fuels extreme weather events, emphasizing the importance of understanding these changes for preparedness and mitigation strategies. Observational evidence shows an increase in extreme rainfall events across the United States, with projections suggesting fewer but more intense tropical cyclones with higher rainfall in the future. The presentation also touches upon the distinctions between hurricanes and tropical cyclones and explores the potential impacts of tropical systems on regions like California and Hawaii. In summary, the video underscores the intricate relationship between greenhouse gases, ocean heat content, and extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones and precipitation, urging for proactive measures to address these challenges.

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Date of Publication: June 3, 2024
Duration: 75 min

Learn how climate change will impact heavy rainfall and hurricanes. This presentation includes the latest forecast for 2024 hurricane season as well as time space continuum of hurricane strikes and wind speed, how they have changed historically, and may change in the future.

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greenhouse gas emissions

carbon dioxide

methane

global warming

precipitation patterns

tropical cyclones

NOAA research

CO2 levels

extreme weather events

ocean heat content

mitigation strategies

Hurricane

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