Ch 4: The science - and future - of "Extreme Weather" | BrownBag Learning

CHAPTER FOUR: Tornado alley in the US Midwest has the perfect combination of warm, muggy air, wind shear and cold upper air needed to form these powerful thunderstorms. In this chapter, Samson explains how tornadoes form, and why we may be seeing an increase in tornadoes over the last 15 years and into the future.
ABOUT THE SERIES: What extreme weather event causes the most fatalities every year? And what trends are experts looking at to predict future weather patterns? In this series of videos, U-M Professor Perry Samson explores the phenomena of "extreme weather" and how an increase in overall climate temperature would impact those events. Samson explains how heat waves, hurricanes and tornadoes form, why they are prevalent in certain regions and what they might do in the future.
ABOUT THE PROFESSOR: Perry Samson () is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Atmospheric Science (/) at the University of Michigan. His research includes chemical meteorology; computer simulation of atmospheric transport and chemistry of contaminants, applications of meteorological and air pollution instrumentation; and educational technology.