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Re: This is getting painful!!! -- is that your foot in your mouth?
thank you for that second graphic. it shows the increase in number of tornadoes in recent years. Add the last 10 years to it and I do believe we have a trend.
posted by
Xeno-x
on June 15, 2008 at 12:47 PM
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SNOW IS PRECIPITATION -- A FEW MILES FARTHER EAST
it would have been rain.
The issue is not snow rather than rain, because in the mountains it is snow due to the altitude. The issue is snow rather than rain due to temperatures. Snow can exist in the mountains when the temperature is 60 and above.
You want to correlate temperature with snow -- you can't in this instance.
posted by
Xeno-x
on June 15, 2008 at 12:44 PM
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Re short sleeves in the snow:
The issue isn't how warm it is days or weeks after the snowfall. It's that it snowed there at all in June. I know from past experience that, in normal conditions, it can snow any time of the year in parts of the Colorado Rockies. But if "global warming" was truly "global", wouldn't you think that late season snowfall would not be occurring since it would be warmer than normal there?
See http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/indy-pass-opens-unde for an article about the June snowfall at Aspen.
posted by
WriterofLight
on June 14, 2008 at 10:41 PM
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This is getting painful!!!
You wrote, "What is interesting, though, is that weather systems seem to be moving north. This precipitation referred to might have been farther south in earlier years. Where tornadoes would ravage Kansas and Oklahoma and Texas, Iowa is now being affected."
OF COURSE - THIS IS A NORMAL PATTERN! From http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/safety/tornadoguide.html:
Frequency of Tornadoes
Tornadoes can occur at any time of the year.
- In the southern states, peak tornado occurrence is in March through May, while peak months in the northern states are during the summer.
- Note, in some states, a secondary tornado maximum occurs in the fall.
- Tornadoes are most likely to occur between 3 and 9 p.m. but have been known to occur at all hours of the day or night.
- The average tornado moves from southwest to northeast, but tornadoes have been known to move in any direction. The average forward speed is 30 mph but may vary from nearly stationary to 70 mph.
- The total number of tornadoes is probably higher than indicated in the western states. Sparce population reduces the number reported.
| Months of Peak Tornado Occurrence 
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| United States Totals 1961-1993 
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| US Reported Tornadoes and Average Number of Deaths Per Year 1961-1993 
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posted by
WriterofLight
on June 14, 2008 at 9:43 PM
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