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Originally Posted by speeder
This is the worst tornado season down there that I can remember. And technically, tornado season is all summer, right?
There sure seems to be a lot more extreme weather events lately, and getting worse by the year. Yikes...
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I think.... It's because the cold north is still cold, cold as it ever was. But the tropics are hotter than normal for the time of year. High pressure systems are created which stall low pressure systems so the wind blows, dragging in warm moist air condensing against the cold air, and it stays there for days, weeks instead of moving off and away. Also the difference between the hot and the cold, and high pressure and low pressure, brings stronger winds (as in OK), or different winds when compaired with what we are used to. Also bigger pressure systems drag warm or cold air from further away than normal (more cold, or more hot) creating more extreme conditions on land.