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Old February 15th 13, 11:27 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Is a warmer world a windier one?

On Feb 15, 9:33*pm, Tudor Hughes wrote:
* *A friend of mine (not a weather nut) takes it as axiomatic that a
warmer world would be a windier one (including the UK) whereas I am
not convinced that this is necessarily so. *In fact, I can think of
good reasons why the opposite might be true. *The temperature gradient
between pole and equator is less due to the disproportionate warming
in high latitudes and this will reduce the vigour of the circulation
and probably increase blocking. *That, of course is hardly the last
word on the subject so does anyone here have any special knowledge of
what climate models predict or can point me to some literature?

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.


Try this one Tudor from the IPCC

http://www.aos.wisc.edu/~deweaver/lo...er_uchange.pdf

Seems to be a strengthening of polar jet and a poleward shift.

Len
Wembury