Please post all debate questions here and I will resolve them.

Somewhere in Mn

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Re: Please post all debate questions here and I will resolve them.

« Reply #75 on: April 28, 2026, 07:35:27 AM »

The numbers appear to be a function of improvemements in detection technology.

My AI
Illinois State Climatologist analyses emphasize that the upward signal in raw counts is primarily a detection artifact, not evidence of climate-driven change in frequency.
stateclimatologist.isws.illinois.edu

The noaa link .....
"The large majority of “extra”
tornadoes identified by improved
technology are weak, which is why EF-
0 tornadoes are commonly excluded
in historical trend analysis."

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murphstahoe

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Re: Please post all debate questions here and I will resolve them.

« Reply #76 on: April 28, 2026, 11:18:39 AM »

Quote from: Somewhere in Mn on April 28, 2026, 07:35:27 AM

The numbers appear to be a function of improvemements in detection technology.

My AI
Illinois State Climatologist analyses emphasize that the upward signal in raw counts is primarily a detection artifact, not evidence of climate-driven change in frequency.
stateclimatologist.isws.illinois.edu

The noaa link .....
"The large majority of “extra”
tornadoes identified by improved
technology are weak, which is why EF-
0 tornadoes are commonly excluded
in historical trend analysis."

it's a recession when your neighbor is unemployed, it's a depression when you are unemployed.
It's cyclical when the tornado hits someone else's house, it's climate change when your house gets hit twice in 3 years.

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illiniray

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Re: Please post all debate questions here and I will resolve them.

« Reply #77 on: April 28, 2026, 03:36:32 PM »

Champaign had at least 2 tornado warnings yesterday, maybe 3. Part of it is advanced Doppler radar detection, but there were years they didn't get three..

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Custard

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Re: Please post all debate questions here and I will resolve them.

« Reply #78 on: April 28, 2026, 11:09:31 PM »

Quote from: illiniray on April 28, 2026, 03:36:32 PM

Champaign had at least 2 tornado warnings yesterday, maybe 3. Part of it is advanced Doppler radar detection, but there were years they didn't get three..

Weather averages are typically a mix of a bunch of disparate numbers. Detection systems are more advanced and warnings are invoked more frequently. The local siren went off for 30 mins straight last night when everyone was trying to sleep and all it did was thunder and rain hard. There weren’t any dangerous storms anywhere near us. Didn’t use to be that way.

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illiniray

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Re: Please post all debate questions here and I will resolve them.

« Reply #79 on: April 29, 2026, 11:03:37 AM »

That's an issue. Used to be a tornado warning meant there was a tornado on the ground. Now most tornado warnings are based on radar detected rotation. Some of those will turn out to be tornadoes. Most won't..

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