“..the stronger-than-usual tornadoes affecting the southern states were actually predicted from examining the planet’s climatological patterns, specifically those related to the La Nina phenomenon .
“We knew it was going to be a big tornado year,” he said. But the key to that tip-off was unrelated to climate change: “It is related to the natural fluctuations of the planet.”
International News 24/7
28 April 2011 - 22H45
http://www.france24.com/en/20110428-tornadoes-whipped-wind-not-climate-officials
Tornadoes whipped up by wind, not climate: officials
I also heard that in the la Nina pattern, the Pacific is ‘cooling’ and that is what contributed to this run....which will continue thru May.
so much for global warming with the Pacific getting cooler.