Source – Truth In Media. Source – Waking Times by Phillip Schneider, April 23rd 2020 The results from this study were derived from local pressure observations in Lund since 1780 and Stockholm since 1820 (Sweden). The increased forest growth, combined with wetter ground and fewer frosts, leads to increased storm-felling of trees, affecting systems with overhead power lines, regardless of the intensity and frequency of the storms.Very severe storms with extensive uprooting of trees are rare, and it is difficult to identify trends for these. It is not known whether there is a link between the NAO and the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (14).Future changes in wind conditions are highly uncertain as global models show great differences in change in large-scale circulation over the North Atlantic/Europe. by Ben Swann, August 17th, 2020. "A combination of decisive policy responses and structural factors will limit the damage wreaked by Covid in the Nordic economies — particularly relative to the euro-zone," the economists wrote. "Nonetheless, policymakers will not rest on their laurels and tighter policy is years away. When both pressure systems are weak, this is termed a negative NAO, and the westerly air flows are also weak; this results in colder, drier winters in Northern Europe.The NAO exhibits considerable seasonal and interannual variability, with prolonged periods of domination of positive or negative phases, influencing different components of the ocean-atmosphere-sea-ice system, including, for example, the amount of ice on the Baltic Sea. The NAO is essentially a measure of the atmospheric pressure difference between the Icelandic Low and the Azores High. "But the consequences of COVID-19 will persist, and activity across Nordic economies is likely to remain below pre-virus levels for the rest of the year, Capital Economics said.Capital Economics predicted that while economic output — the total value of goods and services produced — in Denmark and Norway would fall by about 3% this year, Sweden would see an even smaller contraction.Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our This trend was believed to be related to the systematic deepening of the Icelandic low and intensification of the Azores high over the last three decades, leading to high positive NAO values (11). And while the jury is still out on the effectiveness of the country's public-health approach, there is growing evidence that, economically speaking, the loose rules seem to have worked.Though Sweden was not immune to the pandemic's economic impact, it was the only major economy to grow in the first quarter of the year, the report noted. In many cases the harmful effects can be reduced by adapting society to the expected new circumstances, while in others it may be a better strategy to wait and deal with the damage when it occurs (13).Hurricane Gudrun in 2005 caused twice as much damage as all the other weather events in the extreme weather period 1997/2007. There is no indication of a long-term robust change towards a more vigorous storm climate (1).The results for Lund and Stockholm do, however, show a general increase in the storminess indices for Stockholm and only weak indications of this increase in the Lund indices, which instead show a return to low levels again in the 1990’s. A feature common to most scenarios is a decrease in wind speed in the Mediterranean and some increase in the North Sea area and increased wind speeds over those parts of the Baltic Sea that remain ice-free in a future warmer climate (Bay of Finland, Bothnian Sea and Bay of Bothnia) (15).Projected changes in wind differ widely between various climate models. One interpretation of these results is that increasing levels of atmospheric COThe climate scenarios for Sweden show that weather-related events such as floods, storms and landslides will increase over the next hundred years (13). Menu. Sweden had one of the most relaxed COVID-19 lockdowns in the world. The spatial resolution of both GCMs and RCMs is far too coarse to accurately represent the fine scales of extreme wind. Last year the Met Office and Met Éireann welcomed KNMI – the national weather forecasting service in the Netherlands – to the west Europe group. The recent roughness at sea seems to be related to high NAO index values, which are also expected to increase with global warming. Other European countries to name impactful storms include France, Spain and Portugal in south-west Europe and Sweden, Norway and Denmark in northern Europe. This points at a south – north gradient in the recent storminess variation, consistent with the conclusion of earlier research (2): the wave conditions of the northern North Sea has become more rough compared to the southern North Sea (1).Previous research has shown that the storm and wave climate in most of the Northeast Atlantic and in the North Sea has undergone significant variations on time scales of tens of years.