Last time I was working on this subject I concluded that the general
trend of Global Warming decreases the rain in the interior of the
continent because much of the water that ends up as rain in the
interior is dumped on the coasts where the hurricane path is. Global
Warming increases hurricane activity and the intensity of hurricanes.
But I was wondering if it had a inverse affect on tornadoes, in that
frequency and intensity of tornadoes in the interior of the continent
decrease. That would make sense in the fact that you do not have
tornadoes unless you have rainfall.

In the interior of the USA such as Oklahoma, Midwest, has tornado
activity decreased in the past 10 years?

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wrote:
Last time I was working on this subject I concluded that the general
trend of Global Warming decreases the rain in the interior of the
continent because much of the water that ends up as rain in the
interior is dumped on the coasts where the hurricane path is.

This statement presupposes that hurricane activity contributes
an appreciable amount of precipitation to global totals. I have
never seen such a study on that, and I would be surprised if it
were true. Maybe even astonished.

Global
Warming increases hurricane activity and the intensity of hurricanes.
But I was wondering if it had a inverse affect on tornadoes, in that
frequency and intensity of tornadoes in the interior of the continent
decrease. That would make sense in the fact that you do not have
tornadoes unless you have rainfall.

In the interior of the USA such as Oklahoma, Midwest, has tornado
activity decreased in the past 10 years?

AFAIK, no. However, the midwest USA is not the globe.


Scott

Scott wrote:

wrote:

Last time I was working on this subject I concluded that the general
trend of Global Warming decreases the rain in the interior of the
continent because much of the water that ends up as rain in the
interior is dumped on the coasts where the hurricane path is.


This statement presupposes that hurricane activity contributes
an appreciable amount of precipitation to global totals. I have
never seen such a study on that, and I would be surprised if it
were true. Maybe even astonished.


I'm sure it must be true in some regions - eg in Japan, most of our
summer rain is probably typhoons, say 20% of the annual total (very
rough guess).

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