Storms and waves

PRESENT	FUTURE	CONFIDENCE
There has been a greater incidence of severe winds and increasing wave heights (by about 2% per year) in western and northern UK territorial waters over the past 50 years.	Different modelling approaches project different scales of change but indicate that wind strengths and wave heights will increase.	HIGH (present) LOW (future)

PRESENT

FUTURE

CONFIDENCE

There has been a greater incidence of severe winds and increasing wave heights (by about 2% per year) in western and northern UK territorial waters over the past 50 years.

Different modelling approaches project different scales of change but indicate that wind strengths and wave heights will increase.

HIGH

(present)

LOW

(future)

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Storms and waves

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