- thunderstorm. The name is a
portmanteau by
elision of "gust
front tornado", as
gustnadoes form due to non-tornadic straight-line wind
features in the downdraft...
- the
northern hemisphere. Typically,
systems as weak as
landspouts and
gustnadoes can
rotate anticyclonically, and
usually only
those which form on the...
- Likewise,
phenomena such as "fair-weather" waterspouts, landspouts, and
gustnadoes,
though cyclonic and
occasionally damaging, do not
normally produce a...
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develops an
asymmetric comma-shaped echo. Some
embedded tornadoes or
gustnadoes develop within these vortices.
Damaging straight-line
winds often occur...
- the
general shape of a
human foot, is a
telltale sign of a downburst.
Gustnadoes, short-lived
vertical circulations near
ground level, can be
spawned by...
- as tornadoes, waterspouts, and
landspouts and
minor whirlwinds such as
gustnadoes and dust devils.
wildfire willy-willy See dust devil. wind The bulk movement...
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collects and
verifies reports on dust, sand- or
steam devils, tornadoes,
gustnadoes,
large hail,
heavy rain and snowfall,
severe wind gusts,
damaging lightning...
