A medical probe assembly for delivering energy to a patient's body, the probe assembly comprising: at least one probe having an elongate member with a distal region and a proximal region , said distal region comprising an electrically non-conductive outer circumferential portion; an electrically and thermally-conductive energy delivery device extending distally from said electrically non-conductive outer circumferential portion for delivering one of electrical and radiofrequency energy to the patient's body, said energy delivery device comprising a conductive outer circumferential surface and one or more internal lumens configured for circulating a cooling fluid to a distal end of said energy delivery device ; an electrically and thermally-conductive protrusion extending from said distal end of said energy delivery device , said electrically and thermally-conductive protrusion being electrically coupled to said energy delivery device , said electrically and thermally-conductive protrusion comprising a temperature sensing element ; at least one pump assembly for circulating the cooling fluid to and from the electrically and thermally-conductive energy delivery device ; one or more sensors for monitoring one or more procedure parameters, the one or more procedure parameters comprising at least one of a temperature of tissue, an impedance of the tissue, or a power demand of the energy delivery device ; and a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors , the controller comprises a rising impedance detection engine configured to perform one or more operations, characterized in that : the one or more operations comprise determining, in real-time, whether a rising impedance event is likely to occur in a predetermined time period based on the one or more procedure parameters. at least one probe having an elongate member with a distal region and a proximal region , said distal region comprising an electrically non-conductive outer circumferential portion; an electrically and thermally-conductive energy delivery device extending distally from said electrically non-conductive outer circumferential portion for delivering one of electrical and radiofrequency energy to the patient's body, said energy delivery device comprising a conductive outer circumferential surface and one or more internal lumens configured for circulating a cooling fluid to a distal end of said energy delivery device ; an electrically and thermally-conductive protrusion extending from said distal end of said energy delivery device , said electrically and thermally-conductive protrusion being electrically coupled to said energy delivery device , said electrically and thermally-conductive protrusion comprising a temperature sensing element ; at least one pump assembly for circulating the cooling fluid to and from the electrically and thermally-conductive energy delivery device ; one or more sensors for monitoring one or more procedure parameters, the one or more procedure parameters comprising at least one of a temperature of tissue, an impedance of the tissue, or a power demand of the energy delivery device ; and a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors , the controller comprises a rising impedance detection engine configured to perform one or more operations, characterized in that : the one or more operations comprise determining, in real-time, whether a rising impedance event is likely to occur in a predetermined time period based on the one or more procedure parameters. <EOS>