Relatively unknown global weather patterns can drive the hurricane season. What are the ITCZ, Central American Gyre and the ...

Only about 7% of hurricane season in energetic terms happens before Aug. 1, so don’t draw conclusions from a languid first ...

The combined 30 to 60 knots of vertical wind shear is far too much for hurricanes to form on the Atlantic side of Central America, and with little change expected for at least the next week to 10 ...

Figure 4. Vorticity isosurface colored by wake velocity. Figure 5 presents vorticity slices in the vertical plane at the wind turbine location under different wind shear exponents. The tip vortex ...

When El Niño is occurring, hurricane activity often decreases because of strong vertical wind shear. In contrast, La Niña creates a more favorable environment for hurricanes to form because of ...

NOAA’s GOES satellite captures Hurricane Ian as it made landfall in Southwest Florida in 2022. A negative trend is called La Niña. This is when Pacific water temperatures are cooler than average, and ...

A growing body of research demonstrates that climate change is disrupting jet streams and, in turn, worsening vertical wind shear. Studies show that faster rates of global warming at the poles can ...

If rapid warming continues, Williams said, studies show vertical wind shear could increase 29 percent by 2100, or 17 percent if global emissions are halved by mid-century and keep dropping.

Vertical wind shear in the jet streams can be compared to what happens when a smooth river starts flowing more steeply downhill and speeds up, said Davide Faranda, research director of climate ...