Sign up today to get weekly science coverage direct to your inbox. As a result, we expect the AMO is moving to a negative (colder surfer waters) phase. However, these bumps would not tap into Arctic air, unlike the wintry pattern the nation is enduring now. However the 1970s/1980s were much cooler and there are hints of a transition to a relatively cold period at the moment. This is known as the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), and the transition between its positive and negative phases can be very rapid. This time in April is no stranger to severe weather. A cold Atlantic also means fewer hurricanes hitting the southern US. We now know that accelerations in sea-level rise in cities like New York and Boston on the north-east coast of the US are linked to a cold spell in the Atlantic. The bad news, at least if you’re an African farmer or have a coastal property in New England? AccuWeather meteorologists expect the cold weather pattern to ease up next week. A substantial warmup is predicted to precede and accompany that late-month storm, helping to set the stage for severe weather. Storm systems can lead to not only back-and-forth swings in temperatures but also the likelihood of thunderstorm outbreaks that can include severe weather episodes. The reason behind the seasonal uptick in violent storms is the surge of warmth northward. Warmth and thus severe weather occurrences are expected to be more widespread than normal for late April, even for this traditionally active time in severe weather season. When the westerly winds blow over it, the air cools substantially. / ERSSTv3b, CC BY-SA. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. During April, average temperatures are climbing significantly with 1 degree Fahrenheit generally being added every two to three days in terms of highs and lows. When the AMO is in the warm phase, there are more hurricanes in the Atlantic and droughts in the US Midwest tend to be more frequent and prolonged. "Into next week, a lobe of the polar vortex will hang out over Hudson Bay, Canada," Paul Pastelok, AccuWeather's top long-range forecaster, said. Easter looked more like Christmas across some parts of the United States, and for Americans hoping to put cold and snow in the rearview mirror, the wait will last a while longer. The Cliffs of Moher look out over the Atlantic – but is the ocean endangering us on land? During the winter, land is much colder than the oceans. Why is it so cold right now? This a major influence on the wind patterns and the heat transferred between the atmosphere and ocean. Land has a lower heat capacity than oceans, and it also heats and cools faster than oceans. Sea-level measurements from tide gauges on the other hand extend back more than 100 years in places. The prolonged negative AMO was associated with the infamous Ethiopian famine in the mid-1980s. In the UK it tends to mean reduced summer rainfall – the mythical “barbeque summer”. In the Pacific Northwest, a positive AMO leads to more rainfall. By comparing our sea-level index against the AMO index we were able to provide, for the first time, observational evidence of the widely hypothesised link between ocean circulation and the AMO. The pattern will allow a fairly typical west to east jet stream set up from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast, meaning milder Pacific air will filter in across much of the country. "During the fourth week of April (later next week), the polar vortex will retreat northward," Pastelok said. There could be some days where temperatures swing 10 degrees above average or greater, which may correspond to highs in the 70s and 80s in much of the Midwest and in part of the Northeast. We now know that accelerations in sea-level rise in cities like New York and Boston on the north-east coast of the US are linked to a cold spell in the Atlantic. We have measurements of the strength of the Gulf Stream flow in the Straits of Florida since 1982 and the flow across the Greenland-Scotland ridge since the mid-1990s. This article was originally published on The Conversation. 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The risk of severe weather often follows close behind building warmth and humidity. Our results show that ocean circulation responds to the first mode of Atlantic atmospheric forcing, the North Atlantic Oscillation, through circulation changes between the subtropical and subpolar gyres – the intergyre region. In our latest research we were able to show that differences in sea level along the US east coast provide a measure of the strength of ocean circulation. Super cold air is normally locked up in the Arctic in the polar vortex, which is a gigantic circular weather pattern around the North Pole. The difference (south minus north) is representative of ocean circulation, and more circulation means more heat is transported. In the UK it would offer a brief respite from the rise of global temperatures, while less rainfall would mean more frequent summer barbeques. Sami Pyylampi, CC BY-SA, Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. This website uses cookies to improve user experience. Certainly – and perhaps obviously – the mean temperature of islands downwind of the Atlantic such as Britain and Ireland show almost exactly the same temperature fluctuations as the AMO. The observations that we do have of the Atlantic overturning circulation over the past ten years show that it is declining. The notorious and deadly 2011 Super Tornado Outbreak occurred from April 25-28 when a multi-day round of dangerous storms claimed 321 lives across several states in the U.S. Like 2011, 2020 has started off as an active year in terms of severe weather, and the 34 fatalities from last weekend's violent severe weather pushed 2020 ahead as the deadliest year for tornadoes since 2012, when 68 fatalities were blamed on twisters.

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