New study shows that the tropical Trade Winds which bring hurricanes are spreading over a wider area and therefore moving farther northward toward the midlatitudes. It is due to the expansion of the Hadley Cell, of which the Trade Winds are a part.
Ground breaking study: Hurricanes reaching peak strength farther north as globe warms, tropics expand
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/05/14/ground-breaking-study-hurricanes-reaching-peak-strength-farther-north-as-globe-warms-tropics-expand/
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