Cool picture from Sunday in Nebraska
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Cool picture from Sunday in Nebraska
No, I did not take this ( I wish I did), this is from the Waverly area...
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It really looks like a weird pic, but compared to this one, it appears to be the same funnel cloud. http://www.theomahachannel.com/weather/ ... etail.html
It's just odd after seeing that fake one of "Isabel" and seeing how similar the two are, my mind wanted to say this one was fake. But since the Isabel one was faked using a similar "real" pic of a cloud formation associated with a tornado (thanks, Snopes), I guess this one is the beautiful, dangerous, awesome real thing.
It's just odd after seeing that fake one of "Isabel" and seeing how similar the two are, my mind wanted to say this one was fake. But since the Isabel one was faked using a similar "real" pic of a cloud formation associated with a tornado (thanks, Snopes), I guess this one is the beautiful, dangerous, awesome real thing.
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Stormsfury wrote:Classic and very large wall cloud on an LP (low-precipitation) supercell thunderstorm ... I don't see a funnel or tornado associated with that picture itself.
Absolutely breathtaking photo...
SF
Nice Explanation SF!
Here (for reference purposes) is a schematic of a LP or low-precipitation supercell to compare.
As SF noted, The part that you are looking at in the pic that AirmaN posted is the wall cloud (or cloud lowering associated with the rain-free base found on the inflow side of a supercell thunderstorm)
I think it is important though that everyone knows that not all wall clouds associated with supercells will rotate, however those that do, commonly precede tornado development. Persistent rotation and strong vertical motion associated with wall clouds are good indicators of tornado development.
LP supercells might also contain some very large hail, especially if environmental factors are favorable.
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Stormsfury wrote:Stephanie wrote:WOW!!
Is that a tornado or a wall cloud?
Classic and very large wall cloud on an LP (low-precipitation) supercell thunderstorm ... I don't see a funnel or tornado associated with that picture itself.
Absolutely breathtaking photo...
SF
A shot taken from another direction of that same wall cloud does reveal a tornado. Great explanations from both SF and elw(did you get that pasted pic out of the skywarn book?that is where I have seen it)!! Thanks!
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