Severe Weather in Japan

 A tornadoes are formed by having a rotating body of air (which is a called a vertical sheer) at the ground. Then the horizontal rotating air lifted off the floor from the updraft of the thunderstorm. After, the Mesocyclone is finally developed form the updraft of the thunderstorm. A mesocyclone is a vertical cylinder of rotating air, which is normally 3 to 10 kilometers. In United States the direction the tornadoes usually travels west to east. This is the dominant direction in the United states because the Westerlies blows the Thunderstorm clouds west to east. Tornadoes do happen in Japan, usually spring time. The average number of tornadoes observed in the United States per year is 1253. Website: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-information/extreme-events/us-tornado-climatology . The average number of tornadoes observed in Japan per year is 20. Website:  http://www.islandnet. com/~see/weather/almanac/arc2007/alm07jun.htm .

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Tornadoes are increasing more and more through out the years. The reason for that must be that, the Earth is getting hotter and hotter, maybe because of c=global warming. Which could be causing the air to get hotter. So more vertical wind sheer are made, the thunderstorm's updraft to make the tornadoes.


The three main requirements for hurricane formations are warm ocean temperatures (anything greater than 80 degrees F), deep warm ocean layer (200 meters in depth), and a Coriolis is needed. Japan can satisfies the deep warm ocean layer and the Coriolis. And the warm ocean temperatures will does not satisfy the requirement. The tradewinds blows northeast to southeast , and it creates tropical wave and troughs. After that, the convergence convection happens which is went converging air rises and cool, The clouds from behind the trough, and the tropical waves grow in to hurricanes.

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In the United Sates, the general path do hurricanes usually travels from southern Atlantis ocean  to the Gulf of Mexico. Its the dominant direction that hurricanes travel to United States because of the westerlies and tradewinds blow the hurricanes those directions. Hurricanes happens in Japan but they are called Typhoons. The average number of hurricanes that hit the United States per year is 5. Website:http://www.ems.psu.edu/~nese/ch11sec2.htm. The average number of typhoons that hit  Japan per year is one. Only 28 typhoons have hit Japan so far, that were accorded. Website:  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/11/03/language/this-is-the-year-of-the typhoon/#. VG7sofnF9qU.

Daily Weather in Japan

           My Country's Capital City is Tokyo. My 3-days forecast will cover the following days of  November 5th, November 6th, and November 7th.   On the November 5th, the highest forecast is 65 degrees F and the lowest forecast is 55 degrees F. The precipitation percent is 17 percent. The forecasted high for my second day is 63 degrees F and the forecasted low is 59 degrees F. The precipitation percent is 77 percent. The highest forecast on November 7th is 63 degrees F and the lowest forecast is 57 degrees F. The precipitation percent is 33 percent. The average pressure over the three day period is 30 inches. The pressure decreased then increased over the three day period. The average wind speed over the three day period is 16 mph. The wind speed decreased over the three day period.

           In Tokyo , there is clouds around the area. They are very close, actually they are right above the Tokyo. They is grey and blue clouds around the area so there is both low warm clouds and high cold clouds in the area, but there is mostly high cold clouds. There isn't any precipitation in my region right now. There isn't light precipitation, medium precipitation or heavy precipitation. Tokyo has mostly grey on the ground surface.  So there is mostly cities in Tokyo rather than green forest. Tokyo has a bay that is called Tokyo Bay. Also there is few rivers in Tokyo for example there is Tama River.

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        There is High pressures and Low pressures on both regional and large map. There is cold fronts which is located in the Northwest. The warm fronts are also located in the Northwest. The stationary front is located Southeast. Actually on the larger map, there were some occluded fronts which is when the cold fronts and warm fronts becomes one.