In 2012 we tried not to be alarmist about the circumstance that tornadoes and hurricanes are deadlier and more frequent that in previous years. We acknowledged that there was a lot that meteorologists did not know about the formation of these extreme weather events. After reading scientific information about the formation of tornadoes, we concluded that climate change was a contributing factor to their formation and destructive power.
We wrote three blogs on the subject that you might like to review before reading our comments on the 2013 tornadoes, written after review of more recent scientific commentary on this outbreak.
Spring in January?
March 12, 2012 on Twister Alley
Tornadoes and Climate Change