Can tornadoes happen in New England?
First of all you need to understand what causes a tornado to occur. It is basically uplift with a nimbus cloud. This uplift starts a rotation within the cloud. The lift is caused by warm air over-riding an area of cold air. Clouds that have a drastic change in temps, will cause a massive amount of lift, and are called Super-Cells. These clouds will, at the very least, cause severe thunderstorms and often tornados. The reason that New England does not see the amount of tornados that the mid-west does, is that the situation does not occur as it does in the mid-west. The midwest is offered the cool air from the Rockies and the warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. Perfect circumstances for the production of tornados. Plus the fact that at the opportune time for these circumstances to occur, the Jet Stream normally is in direct cooperation. A low pressure will occur over Washington State and then the jet stream will carry that low over the Rockies, where it cools and dries out, creating
