Meteorologists say the weather pattern has been very favorable for tornadoes, including the fading La Niña — a natural climate pattern marked by cooler-than-average sea water in the central Pacific Ocean. Deadly tornado season in U.S. may get worse:
Residents continue their recovery efforts in the aftermath of a tornado on March 28, 2023, in Silver City, Mississippi. At least 26 people died when an EF-4 tornado ripped through the small town and nearby Rolling Fork on March 24, 2023.A low pressure system moving in from the west, with warm dry air behind it and warm, humid air flowing northward to the east from the Gulf of Mexico created a classic set up for severe storms and tornadoes.
The mid-Mississippi Valley – particularly parts of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri – could bear the brunt of widespread andIf you wanted to draw a textbook severe weather configuration, “this would certainly be it,” Gensini said. The large-scale weather pattern has been very favorable for tornadoes, said Matt Elliott, meteorologist-in-charge at the Storm Prediction Center. He added the fading La Niña has been a major factor.
Elliott said that the top five most active tornado seasons on record in the U.S. have all been during La Niñas. It’s too soon to say for sure, said Harold Brooks with NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory. But with the severe weather shaping up over the next 10 days, chances may be increasing.
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