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Most parts of North America get tornadoes. In the eastern portions of Canada and the United States, tornadoes generally happen when a low-pressure systems moves through with an associated cold front, where cool air pushes into moist air, forcing it upward. If the warmer air mass is unstable enough, strong thunderstorms can develop along or ahead of the cold front. If there is sufficient wind shear, or a change in the speed and direction of wind with altitude, the thunderstorms can start to rotate. If the rotation is strong enough the storms become supercells. The rotation can then narrow and intensify to produce a tornado. In other cases the storms may develop into a severe squall line. Spin ups along the line's leading edge or kinks in the line can sometimes produce to rotation needed to produce tornadoes. These, especially spin ups, are generally not as strong as supercell tornadoes.
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Are there a lot of tornadoes in Peterborough Ontario?
No, there are not a lot of tornadoes in Peterborough Ontario. In all of Canada, there are approximately 80 - 100 tornadoes a year. Since 1985, the Petersborough-Kawarthas area had had six tornadoes. For more information visit the Related Link.
Is there a tornado in Ontario today July 19 2013?
There are severe thunderstorms in Ontario today, and the potential tornadoes exists in Ontario and Quebec. However, the ptential is marginal and any tornadoes that do form will probably be short lived and weak. We will have to wait for surveys to see if any tornadoes are confirmed.
Can tornadoes occur in Mississauga?
Yes. Tornadoes can and do hit southern Ontario and have even hit the Toronto area.
Why does Ontario not get Tornadoes?
Actually there are tornadoes in Ontario. Some as strong as F4. In 2009 an F2 tornado hit the Toronto area. On May 31, 1985 13 tornadoes touched down in Ontario, including anf F4 that Devastated Barrie, north of Toronto, killing 8 people. Tornadoes are not particularly common in Ontario because its relatively cool climate limits the intensity of thunderstorms, and upper-level wind patterns generally favor types of storm less likely to produce tornadoes.
How many tornadoes are calculated for ontario Canada in 2013?
14 at this stage.
Which Canadian province has had the most tornadoes?
I think its the cordillera
Is Ontario in tornado alley?
No. While Ontario does get tornadoes, it is nowhere near Tornado Alley. Tornado Alley is farther west.
Do tornadoes occur in Ontario?
Yes. Tornadoes, some of them devastating, can and do occur in Ontario. Two notable ones are the Windsor F3 tornado of April 3, 1974 Barrie F4 tornado of May 31, 1985.
Will there ever be a tornado in Canada?
Yes there will be a tornado in Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, or Saskatchewan as those provinces have all had tornadoes before. Ontario, Alberta, and Saskatchewan have all had F4 tornadoes and Manitoba has even had an F5. However there is no way of knowing where or when they will touch down.
Did a tornado hit Justin Bieber's state?
Justin Bieber is Canadian. He is from the Province of Ontario, which does get tornadoes.
When is a tornado going to come to Orangeville Ontario?
Unfortunately it is impossible to make long term predictions of tornadoes such as that.
Is there going to be a tornado today in port perry?
It is entirely possible. Southern Ontario does get tornadoes, but there is no way of knowing where or when the next one will hit.
