ETCS hitting Europe in 2008
In the next slide you can see some of the more intense
21 windstorms most of which rate as Extra Tropical Cyclones to hit the
UK and Europe over the years from 1998 to 2008, an average of nearly
2 per year.
As you can see this year, 2008 has seen five ETCs hit Europe a number
closely followed by last year with four. They are steered by the jet
stream and are on the increase. Continued Donald
Burfitt-Dons talks about the UK as a breeding ground for tornadoes
the
planet's way of recycling heat energy/
the first Brazilian hurricane/cyclones
outside the tropics/how
the GWA monitors hurricane activity/the
rising tropopause/ETC activity
since the 50s/l ETC activity
since 1990/ the effect of an ETC
on London /how superwinds form/
the impact of ETCs on aircraft/data
from 21 recent storms/ UK as a breeding
ground for tornadoes/
the impact on the insurance industry/
future implications /threat
of ETCs to Europe and UK
