![]() ![]() ![]() “It’s a poster child for how bad things can get.” Dorian is all those things we predict a rapid intensifier, it was a strong storm that maintained its strength for a long time, and it stalled,” said Jim Kossin, a climate scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “It’s kind of like your chickens coming home to roost. Left directionless by weak or shifting upper-air patterns, these types of storms, including Dorian, 2017’s Harvey and 2018’s Florence, batter the same area again and again with torrential rains and unrelenting wind. Will more storms sit on us and dump rain?Įmerging research also is looking at how climate change may breed some of the most damaging hurricanes – the ones that stall. >BOOKMARK The Palm Beach Post’s hurricane tracking mapīut most researchers agree the conduct of these storms, including flooding rains, escalating intensities, and a swollen storm surge riding on rising seas is consistent with what climate change models predict will happen more often as the world warms. Prior to 2016, the Atlantic basin went eight years with no Cat 5s, and the king of all low pressure systems can be random, impulsive, firing up during wind shear lull missed by forecasts. Scientists are reluctant to single out any one hurricane as the product of climate change. Two made landfall retaining the lofty crowns - 2018’s Hurricane Michael and last week’s Hurricane Dorian. It’s the first time in recorded history where Cat 5s have formed four years in a row. Five of the most elite types of tropical cyclones have formed in the Atlantic since 2016 – deadly Category 5s taking advantage of rich, gooey pockets of atmosphere to cultivate their fury.
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