More extreme weather forecast for Netherlands
The Netherlands will have more extreme weather in the years ahead, Dutch news agency, ANP, quoted meteorological bureau KNMI as saying on Tuesday.
A long-term KNMI report suggests there will be more frequent heavy downpours during summer. More downpours combined with risingwater levels could lead to increasing flooding in urban areas, it warned.
On the other hand, KNMI predicted more extreme dry and hot summers, with more frequent heatwaves.
Experts believe that by 2050 winter will be on average 0.9 to 2.3 degrees warmer than in 1990. Summers could be 2.9 percent warmerthan was the case 16 years ago.
The long-term weather forecast will be used by the government to help plan water management, spatial planning and to take steps to maximize air quality.
Source: Xinhua, China View, 31 May 2006
Related article: Report: Dutch Can Expect 14-Inch Ocean Rise by 2050, AP, Fox News, 30 May 2006
July 18th, 2008 at 2:15 am
At this site: http://www.allamsterdam.nl/article/19/The_Weather_in_Amsterdam.html you can find a small table of the current weather conditions in Amsterdam, or the Netherlands. As it looks from in this future prediction, it’s going to be quite more extreme…