With climate change comes more extreme weather. This is the general assessment of many scientists. Much of these changes are gradually being experienced now. Extreme downpours are to increase in the US in the near future, which would be one of the results of this climate change.
Climate change is already affecting the Earth. Much stronger hurricanes are expected. Along with that, extreme downpour has also been foreseen. By the end of the century, extreme downpour would be coming to the US and would increase by 400 percent by then.
This assessment has been made by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The intensity of rainfall in some areas will increase by as much as 70 percent, as has been noted. Andreas Prein, the lead author and NCAR scientist, said that such increases are huge.
Much of the US will experience effects associated with extreme downpour. Flooding, landslides and other effects would increase, as stated by Anjuli Bamzai, program director at the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Geosciences. These side effects of extreme downpour will affect many communities.
For the study, Prein and his team have used the data taken from the NCAR climate model created earlier. The study took the data and then applied it to the model they made wherein temperature is five degrees Celsius warmer. The temperature is expected to rise by that much if climate change continues, according to Phys Org.
The model has not factored in other effects of climate change, such as storms going to new areas or other weather patterns created because of climate change. Prein has said that the model created is a simplified way of comparing the present and future. With the model, summer storms will increase, as a warmer temperature will accelerate evaporation and precipitation.
Many areas will experience extreme rainfall. The Midwest, in particular, will be affected much by it, as Science Daily reports. Even though it is experiencing dryness now, with warm weather there is also more cloud formation due to precipitation. Mudslides and flood will see an increase in the area when an extreme downpour comes.
Extreme is expected as the climate changes. Extreme downpours are seen to increase in the US in the near future. Another extreme that is coming are stronger storms.
