2007-10-17 09:51:25 · 2 answers · asked by dottiekalani 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
The official web page is not that current, but the average is five tornadoes per year in California.
2007-10-17 10:46:29 · answer #1 · answered by Menehune 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I have chased a tornado moving into Huntington Beach and can remember several other news accounts within the past five years. The tornadoes of Southern CA are not the monsters of the midwest, however. Wind shear of unstable air occurs at smaller scales. In the midwest U.S., frontal lifting and the polar jet stream work together to form larger scale phenomena. Btw, CA is affected by Pacific hurricanes also. It is uncommon, however, because the cyclones form in the east Pacific and move toward the western Pacific, as they do in all tropical oceans (except the South Atlantic which doesn't have hurricanes).
2016-05-23 04:55:18 · answer #2 · answered by freeda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋