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"Evolution of a Tornado"
This image was created from 8 still photographs that I pulled from the timelapse I posted yesterday.
You may see this online posted as a "mass of tornadoes", but it is actually one tornado from its formation to mature stage.
#Repost @jasonweingart
Most tornadoes form from thunderstorms. When warm moist air and cold, dry air meet, they create instability in the atmosphere. A change in wind direction and an increase in wind speed with increasing height creates an invisible, horizontal spinning effect in the lower atmosphere. Rising air within the updraft tilts the rotating air from horizontal to vertical. An area of rotation, 2-6 miles wide, now extends through much of the storm. Most strong and violent tornadoes form within this area of strong rotation.
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