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Can tornadoes be predicted?

Tornadoes can be forewarned, but it is difficult to predict.

Although there is only one word difference between early warning and prediction, they are worlds apart. Early warning is relatively easy, but forecasting is much more difficult. When a tornado occurs, it can give an early warning to the possible peripheral areas according to the wind force and direction of the tornado. This is an early warning. Forecasting is to forecast a tornado hours or days before it happens. This is a prediction.

Tornado is a destructive strong convective weather phenomenon, which usually occurs in thunderstorm weather. Under extremely unstable weather conditions, the concentrated energy release process in a small area caused by strong convective weather produces strong air vortex. Everywhere, trees and houses are overturned, vehicles are overturned or even rolled up, and EF 1 tornado can do it, while EF 1 above, tornadoes have 2, 3 and 0.