Comments on: Tornado Tracks http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/06/14/tornado-tracks/?src=earthmatters-rss Earth is an amazing planet, and the one that matters most to us. Let’s have a conversation about it. Wed, 01 May 2013 01:19:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Richard Stafursky http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/06/14/tornado-tracks/#comment-11051 Richard Stafursky Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:22:08 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=2128#comment-11051 The “debt” we owe the animals, plants, fungi and microbes that occupy the species forest, species grasslands, species islands and species sea is . . . enormous. The best way to pay back all the other species is to give them back their land as I have done. All the private land in the US is owned by someone and usually someone else inherits form them. End the cycle and simply donate it back to the species forest. You will not miss it. Well, maybe the cash.

]]> By: John Nelson http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/06/14/tornado-tracks/#comment-11048 John Nelson Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:40:40 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=2128#comment-11048 We’ve recently provided an interactive version of this map, where you can zoom and pan and filter by time, category, impact, etc.

http://uxblog.idvsolutions.com/2012/07/interactive-tornado-tracks-map-is-live.html

]]> By: John Nelson http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/06/14/tornado-tracks/#comment-10890 John Nelson Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:26:22 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=2128#comment-10890 Here is a companion visual that segregates this data out by seasonality (and uses newer data, up through 2011). Rick Varner’s comment above describes it well:

http://uxblog.idvsolutions.com/2012/06/seasonal-tornado-habitats-1950-2011.html

]]> By: Rick Varner http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/06/14/tornado-tracks/#comment-10887 Rick Varner Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:41:32 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=2128#comment-10887 The graphic would support the development of tornados in warm, moist air ahead of eastward moving thunderstorms. The air coming in from the Pacific should be too cool, air over the southwest – too dry. The moist, warm air swept in from the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi Valley fed into the storms developing across the middle of the country – just right.

]]> By: Mordechai Cohen http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/06/14/tornado-tracks/#comment-10886 Mordechai Cohen Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:46:12 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=2128#comment-10886 Correction to my previous comment – the motion is clockwise. My guess about the Coriolis effect still stands.

]]> By: Mordechai Cohen http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/06/14/tornado-tracks/#comment-10863 Mordechai Cohen Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:53:04 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=2128#comment-10863 Why does is general direction of the tornado tracks tend toward the NE? It looks like there may be some counterclockwise motion. Is that due to the Coriolis effect in the Northern Hemisphere?

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