Here’s a look at what’s known about Friday’s tornado outbreak and the role of climate change in such weather events.Tornadoes are whirling, vertical air columns that form from thunderstorms and stretch to the ground. They travel with ferocious speed and lay waste to everything in their path.
“When considerable variation in wind is found over the lowest few thousand feet of the atmosphere, tornado-producing ‘supercell thunderstorms’ are possible,” said Paul Markowski, professor of meteorology at Pennsylvania State University. “That’s what we had yesterday.” Spring-like temperatures across much of the Midwest and South in December helped bring the warm, moist air that helped form thunderstorms. Some of this is due to La Nina, which generally brings warmer than normal winter temperatures to the Southern U.S. But scientists also expect atypical, warm weather in the winter to become more common as the planet warms.
Tornadoes typically lose energy in a matter of minutes, but in this case it was hours, Gensini said. That’s partly the reason for the exceptionally long path of Friday’s storm, going more than 200 miles or so, he said. The record was 219 miles and was set by a tornado that struck four states in 1925. Gensini thinks this one will surpass it once meteorologists finish analyzing it.
Attributing a specific storm like Friday’s to the effects of climate change remains very challenging. Less than 10% of severe thunderstorms produce tornadoes, which makes drawing conclusions about climate change and the processes leading up to them tricky, said Harold Brooks, a tornado scientist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory.
In Kenya this how our Tornado looks like, and comes with good rainfall for our crops
This is related to Santa answering Massie's call, but delivering at wrong address. You better watch out You better not cry.. He's making a list And checking it twice; Santa Claus is coming to town
这是我们最新的气象武器
Tornadoes in Dec are unusual, but these tornadoes ferocities and path lengths have broke a nearly 100yo record! For hours this tornado stayed on the ground in a path of destruction while, tornadoes typically lose energy in a matter of minutes,!
Please. Go some and actually report on the devastation. Those people don’t need this right now. Quit with the propaganda.
It doesn't mean the follow the science people won't immediately start spouting propaganda. Climate change is real...but not the cause of every problem and taxing people more won't fix it. Notice how the topic of planned obsolescence is never brought up in the conversation?
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So they don’t know.
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Same thing that’s always caused them 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Hmm. I remember as a kid, we had tornadoes.
Sure absolutely let's blame it on climate change when it has nothing to do with it.....This stuff happened over a hundred years ago... It was as it's always been..warm Western air meets cold northern air... volatile weather conditions possible threat of tornados. Jet stream..
Short answer: yes
Yep U-N Earth better Quit all weaponindustries While we still have a chance to save our selves from inihalation Climate-change today is allready at Level anno 2050 AD due wildfires Permafrost Siberia Canada USA & 'round mediterranian sea Vulcano Eruptions
Tornado see no more frequent that they have been for the last 2000 years.
Let me translate for you, they have no idea! Climate has been changing since the planet was birthed! GlobalWarmingHoax
Well, combine the very strong L pressure, and WARMER than average Gulf waters & air temperatures (bc of 'Global Warming'), and record Tornadoes in December is much more possible.. But Trumpers will still post dumb comments.
Not everything is about climate change, nature is nature
Ниф-ниф и Нуф-нуф построили картонные дома, а Наф-наф молодец не поленился-кирпичный...
How about tornadoes have always happened as a phenomenon of nature & weather and will always continue to happen. 🙄
So tornadoes is due to climate change, but a crazy freeze in Texas 9 or 10 months earlier is a one off weather event?