- A
mesocyclone is a meso-gamma
mesoscale (or
storm scale)
region of
rotation (vortex),
typically around 2 to 6 mi (3.2 to 9.7 km) in diameter, most often...
- the ground, and
drags the supercell's
rotating mesocyclone towards the
ground with it. As the
mesocyclone lowers below the
cloud base, it
begins to take...
-
scientist Howard B.
Bluestein in 1985 for a
tornado not ****ociated with a
mesocyclone. The
Glossary of
Meteorology defines a
landspout as "Colloquial expression...
-
detected rotation algorithm that
indicates the
likely presence of a
strong mesocyclone that is in some
stage of tornadogenesis. It may give
meteorologists the...
- A
supercell is a
thunderstorm characterized by the
presence of a
mesocyclone, a deep,
persistently rotating updraft. Due to this,
these storms are sometimes...
- formation. The
cycle begins when a
strong thunderstorm develops a
rotating mesocyclone a few
miles up in the atmosphere. As
rainfall in the
storm increases...
-
cyclones and
subtropical cyclones also lie
within the
synoptic scale.
Mesocyclones, tornadoes, and dust
devils lie
within the
smaller mesoscale.
Upper level...
- landfall.
Mesovortices can
spawn rotation in
individual thunderstorms (a
mesocyclone),
which leads to
tornadic activity. At landfall,
friction is generated...
-
surface winds and heat-induced lifting,
rather than from a
tornadic mesocyclone aloft. The
phenomenon was
first verified in the 2003
Canberra bushfires...
- cyclones.
Mesocyclones form as warm core
cyclones over land, and can lead to
tornado formation.
Waterspouts can also form from
mesocyclones, but more...
