Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure Conditions (IMAGE)

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Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure Conditions

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Temperature and atmospheric pressure conditions that lead to enhanced flow of moist and quickly-spinning air into the Great Plains region and increased tornado occurrences in April. H and L refer to unusually high and low atmospheric pressure. Red and blue shading indicates warmer and colder ocean conditions. Inlay figure illustrates moisture conditions in southeastern US for years with more April tornados

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Jung-Eun Chu

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