Predicting tornadoes months or even seasons in advance

Saturday, September 12, 2015 - 14:20 in Earth & Climate

A new model could help forecast tornado activity months in advance, experts say. It uses large-scale atmospheric variables like those used by weather forecasters. But instead of looking to predict a tornado on any specific day, it looks at variations in monthly and seasonal tornado activity relative to changes in atmospheric conditions over the same period.

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