i live in chicago and once in a while we get a tornado but not that often. Tornados form because of an arctic chill that comes from the north pole, and from the warm air that comes from the golf of mexico and the carribeans, when they merge they cause extreme weather including tornados and severe thunderstorms. But I was always wondering, you know that the north pole is melting, would the tornado ally move up from the area of texas, oklahoma, kansas to the area of Iowa illinois wisconson, the reason would be because the arctic chill is not as strong and the merging would occur more inland???
what do you think about my question plz some answer me and tell me if my theory is correct.
2007-02-09
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tornadoes occur when a low pressure system and a high pressure system merge and under the right conditions (heat and moisture) causing lift and clouds form which rapidly rise causing thunderstorms which in turn spawn tornadoes there is a ton of info at the web site for noaa(national oceanographic and atmospheric administration) in Norman Oklahoma
2007-02-09 10:55:42
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answered by Anonymous
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Tornado alley is the diagonal line from (roughly) Wichita Falls Texas to Chicago, although tornados can form anywhere, including recently Salt Lake City and Miami.
The alley is the most common meeting line for the cold air coming down from the north on the east side of the Rockies and the warm moist air from the Gulf, but if you take out a map that shows equal travel distance from (roughly) the Yukon (an arc that is furthest south near Denver and further north near Chicago) and from the Gulf coast (which is at an angled curve along Texas into the Louisiana/Mississippi/Alabama/Florida which supplies the moisture (not just heat). Further north than the alley, tornados are less common because the moisture has trouble getting there while south and east, they are less common because the cold air is less intense to drive the warm air up high into the atmosphere.
So far, the speculation is that global warming is going to distort the front patterns and produce more violent situations. Instead of moving north, the alley may bend south and east, driving violence further across the Mississippi as the available cold air curves south and east. - More storms in Indiana and Kentucky than now.
2007-02-17 03:03:47
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answered by Mike1942f 7
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Tornadoes move north into Canada in the summer months - May through July.
If Global warming does influence these storms, it is entirely reasonable for these incidents to occur further north at earlier and earlier times of the year. The energy being used to fuel the storm comes from:
1) The temperature gradient found on fronts.
2) The latent heat of vapourization given off when water vapor condenses into liquid rain (or solid hail).
here is a list of other criteria...
http://www.stuffintheair.com/meteorology-of-storms-tests.html
Needless to say, that is a lot of energy, and it is only one of many factors needed to cause a tornado.
2007-02-14 12:07:43
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answered by Radiosonde 5
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You forgot Nebraska which is also part of tornado alley. Being from Nebraska I can't say that I would really mind if it would move out of this state. I hate tornadoes.
I think it has a lot to do with the mountains and the uplift that they cause too. I don't see those moving any time soon so I don't see the path moving either. But I hope your right.
2007-02-09 10:49:49
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answered by unicornfarie1 6
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Tornado's occur everywhere,you worry to much actually some glaciers have increased in size,global warming is a man made concept,and does nothing to explain mother nature.The rocky mountains provided the cool air while the the gulf air is provided from the gulf hence tornado ally.Basically when when warm air collides with cool there will be some astrophysical abnormalities.
2007-02-09 11:18:13
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answered by Rio 6
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It is WAY more complicated than that. Nobody really knows why tornadoes are common in the Midwest of the US but very uncommon everywhere else in the world. California is as far south as Oklahoma and it hardly gets any tornadoes while Oklahoma gets more per square mile than anyplace in the world.
2007-02-09 10:43:20
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answered by campbelp2002 7
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2016-11-26 20:08:17
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answered by ? 4
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