Weather: Global Climate Change

The severe weather so far this spring has been stronger than usual. Even though April is tornado awareness month it is not meant to be the month with the most tornadoes. In just three days on April 3rd through April 6th there were 1160 wind reports which means there were that many locations that experienced winds of 58 mph or greater. This is an extremely large number4 and one of the largest in history. The reason for this is believed to be because the squall line was more compacted than those in the past and thus the wind was stronger and there were larger gusts. There has also been more reports of tornadoes this year. Many people have misleading information and believe that events such as this are due to "global warming" or as it should be called, global climate change. As this may be the case in some cases, the total change of a climate would take place over a few decades even at the rate things are changing right now. The main reason for this rise in reports over the last decade is due to the fact that more and more people are becoming educated and gaining knowledge about the weather and what to report. The amount of certified spotters has doubled since 1999 and the number of reports will undoubtedly rise because of the positive correlation with the number of spotters. Do expect the intensity of storms to rise over the next few years though.