California Weather Headed For Greater Precipitation Swings

The hot September 2015 weather continues a trend in the year toward making 2015 the warmest year on record. If green house gas emissions continue at current or even higher rates then California will experience greater swings between very wet and very dry weather with less moderate weather in between. The models showed that in the future, assuming emissions continue to increase, California seasons will exhibit more excessively wet and excessively dry events. These results suggest that the frequency of droughts could double and floods could triple between the early 20th century and late 21st century. "By 2100, we see more -- and more extreme -- events. Flooding and droughts will be more severe than they are currently," said Yoon....

Source: FuturePundit - October 21, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Randall Parker Source Type: blogs