Sept. 12th, 2012
My measured signals were considerably weaker over the last day and a
half, or so. Today, heavy storms are forecast for much of the midwest.
I have yet to be able to check the signals today (blog entry written at
0930 WST). Barometer appeared to be falling over the last day or so to
29.95 inHg. However, over the last few hours the barometer has risen
to about 30.05 inHg.
Later today, after I blogged the previous paragraph, I went to check signals again. I wouldn't say the signals are weak but I would say the signals have weakened from the abnormally strong signals of late to what would be a typically normal signal strength - more or less. Barometer at the time of the check about 29.95 inHg.
AVT
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Record Low Number of Tornadoes for July, 2012.
August 31st, 2011
It was widely reported that the number of tornadoes across
the nation last month was the lowest number ever recorded for the month of July.
Coincidently (or in keeping with my
theory), tonight my monitored (snapshot) signals seemed to be as strong as I
ever remember. It seems that the
stronger the signals, the less likelihood of the appearance of tornadic storms
downwind in the nation’s heartland.
Unfortunately, I was unable to monitor July’s signal
conditions as I was on the east coast for most of that month. However, before I headed east, I recall the
signals were becoming steadily stronger.
I suspect the signals were strong during the month of July as well.
AVT
Drought Helps Set July Record for Fewest Tornadoes
Drought Curtails Tornadoes
PS. However, I don't know how my model should account for the remnants of hurricane Issac moving through much of the nation.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Can Cities Divert Tornadoes and Severe Storms?
August, 2012
Can major cities and urban areas diffuse tornadoes and
divert severe storms? Do cities maintain some
type of inherent force or pressure/temperature gradient or specific humidity or
magnetic potential which helps to divert tornadoes and severe storms? I ask for at least a couple of reasons.
The first reason for the question was the storm which I
watched progress on the television weather maps on the night of July 7th,
2012. As the apparently severe storm
quickly moved in a due southeasterly direction from the Lehigh
Valley (Penn.)
to the Philadelphia region, the storm seemed to
be heading directly towards southern New Jersey
where I was preparing to depart on a roadtrip with family members to the Boston area. The storm appeared particularly voracious and
the likelihood of tornadoes with the storm was reported to be immense –
according to the reports as I recall them.
It appeared that we would have been best advised to wait awhile and let
the storm blow over. For whatever the
reason, however, as soon as the storm reached the Philadelphia City limits (or so it seemed on
the weather maps), the storm dissipated and the stronger cells appeared to
divert around the city. What remained of
the stronger portions of the storm were then on new headings and not on a
collision path with our location.
The second reason that I ask the question is that it appears,
at least with tornadic storms, anyhow, that these types of storms do not
typically manifest themselves in larger metropolitan areas – I am aware that
there are widely-reported exceptions, of course. But it is an interesting correlation worthy
of research or inspection, in my humble opinion. I am aware that many will say it is all a
matter of chance as to where tornadoes touchdown, but… Nevertheless, why it is that these storms do
not typically touchdown in larger metro areas is worthy of further inquiry – if
possible, in my opinion.
Another reason I ask was The Weather Channel’s television
show “It Could Happen Tomorrow,” which aired in the east at 2 o’clock P.M. EST
on August 13th, 2012. It
spoke about a hypothetical tornado striking the Washington, D.C.
metro area. You know…, it was one of
those typical doomsday type of hypothetical shows. But the timing of the airing of the show as I
was pondering the subject question inspired me to post this blog entry.
Again, as I had been thinking on the storm that had been
heading for us in South Jersey which apparently was diverted by the City of
Philadelphia and the concurrent airing of that tornado disaster show seemed to
confirm for me that this blog was probably worth writing to pose the question
that I believe is probably worth posing: Can cities divert tornadoes and severe
storms? Is anyone else asking these
types of questions; most notably the nation’s established tornado
researchers? Or, are the established
tornado researchers too vested in their typical paradigms regarding tornado
research to consider such possibly avant-garde theories which they probably
dismiss as a matter of mere chance? This
last question concerning paradigms also appears as another question probably
worth posing as well; again, in my humble opinion. And while many may say that this blog entry and
its presented question is ‘probably’ a display of improper logic, I would
counter that maybe some skewed logic might be necessary to answer the questions
concerning the formation of tornadoes.
AVT
The Finger of God – A Tornado
July 7th, 2012 Forecast
It Could Happen Tomorrow
Why don't tornadoes hit cities more often?
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Tornado Touches Down on Long Island, NY.
August 11th, 2012
Yesterday, a tornado touched down on Long Island, New York.
AVT
See:
Tornado touches down on Long Island,
trees down
Tornado Touches Down on Cape Cod.
August 11th, 2012
Though I am overdue with this blog entry, a few weeks ago a
tornado touched down on Cape Cod,
Massachusetts.
AVT
See:
Tornado confirmed last week in Manomet
Also see (different day than the link above):
Funnel Cloud Spotted On Cape Cod
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Tornado in Venice, Italy.
June 12th, 2012
Today, a tornado touched down on the water and came ashore
in Venice, Italy. There was no Gulf of
Mexico nearby but such a tornado appearance is not really
problematic for my hypothesized tornado model – with such occurrences theorized
to be more of an electromagnetic disturbance than as a result of other
circumstances. No injuries were
reported.
AVT
Tornado tears through parts of Venice, Italy
(VIDEOS)
Venice Whirlwind Video: Italy
Tornado-Like Storm Slams Sant'Erasmo, Cavallino, Jesolo And Eraclea
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Amarillo Weather Map Provides Clues
May 30th, 2012
Being in Amarillo,
Texas and watching the local
weather map today provided some insight into my tornado taming efforts. I was often curious as to why storms with
tornadic potential will sometimes materialize in the nation’s heartland even
though I have measured nothing abnormal over the prior day or so from my
tornado taming snapshot of conditions relevant to incoming air masses from the Pacific Ocean.
Actually, as it turns out, the answer to such a question was obvious –
and I have likely pondered such.
However, even the easy questions can appear as difficult until one knows
the answer. Anyway, the answer seems to
equate to the fact that I probably will have to expand my monitoring efforts up
the Pacific coast in order to really ascertain the true potential for the
appearance of tornadic storms in the heartland areas of North
America. Unfortunately, to
expand in such a fashion is likely to require some amount of funding, no
doubt. If I have the opportunity to
pursue such in the future, maybe I will seek such funding. But, then again, being as far outside the box
of paradigms as my theory seems to be, one has to wonder about the possibility of
getting any weather-related funding for such efforts from research-funding
entities.
AVT
PS. The same reasoning probably explains why I saw no weather systems materializing out of the Four Corners region.
PS. The same reasoning probably explains why I saw no weather systems materializing out of the Four Corners region.
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