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Spring brings warmer weather and a heightened anticipation for the quickly approaching summer months. Here in West Texas it also brings the increased threat of severe weather.
Thunderstorms are classified by the National Weather Service. A thunderstorm is considered severe when it produces damaging 58 mph wind gusts or hail one inch in diameter or larger. The occurrence of a tornado also classifies a thunderstorm as severe.
According to The National Severe Storms Laboratory at https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/thunderstorms/types/ there are different types of thunderstorms; single-cell, multi-cell, squall line and supercell.
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When it comes to the connection between anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change and extreme weather, the gap gets smaller each year. There are clear links to drastic changes in hurricanes, floods, droughts, heat waves, fires, and winter extremes.Â
What about severe weather? We don t hear much about bigger and more dangerous tornadoes. that s because the connection between a warming world and severe weather like thunderstorms and tornadoes is much wider than with the others.
To dig into the details on this and find out what scientistsÂ
do know relating to climate change and severe weather, I spoke with a leading expert in such research.Â