-
smaller size, and
weaker intensity,
landspouts are
rarely detected by
Doppler weather radar (NWS).
Landspouts share a
strong resemblance and development...
- open
water surface being stretched and
tightened under their updraft.
Landspouts most
often form
under congestus, as well. Both of
these non-mesocyclone...
-
experienced meteorologists might not see them. Small,
relatively weak
landspouts may be
visible only as a
small swirl of dust on the ground.
Although the...
- as
innocuous as a
moderate ****ulus, or as
significant as a supercell.
Landspouts are
tornadoes that do not form from mesocyclones. They are
similar in...
- minor) whirlwinds. The
first category includes tornadoes, waterspouts, and
landspouts. The
range of
atmospheric vortices constitute a
continuum and are difficult...
-
developing ****ulus
cloud or thunderstorm. Some weak tornadoes,
known as
landspouts, have been
shown to
develop in a
similar manner. More than one waterspout...
-
spawned from
mesocyclones in
supercell thunderstorms and from less
intense landspouts, such as
within the
Denver convergence vorticity zone (DCVZ). The Plains...
-
produce hail
Landspout; ****ulonimbus
calvus clouds can, on rare occasions,
produce a
unique type of
tornado known as a
landspout.
Landspouts are formed...
-
Thundersnow Dry
thunderstorm Mesocyclone Supercell Tornado Anticyclonic tornado Landspout Waterspout Dust
devil Fire
whirl Anticyclone Cyclone Polar low Extratropical...
-
sometimes on the
scale of tornadoes, also
occur with
volcanic eruptions.
Landspouts and
waterspouts are
occasionally observed.
classic mesocyclone derived...
