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On a super cell the flanking part of it is apt to develope a tornado...?
is that at the rear of it?A little detail please.
3 Answers
- UALogLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
For most severe storms, the answer is yes. Here re some links that should help you out. Sometimes using pictures and diagrams are better to answer these types of questions.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/lwx/swep/mapsprcl.jpg
http://tornado.sfsu.edu/geosciences/classes/m302/S...
http://www.extremeinstability.com/storminfo.htm
I hope these links will help.
- cyswxmanLv 71 decade ago
Yes, the rear or back side of the storm. That is the part that is dominated by the updraft and where the largest hail tends to fall. The flanking line is the line of building cumulus clouds immediately upwind of the main storm. The part where the building cumulus towers merge into the main cell is where the mesocyclone is most apt to form, the mesocyclone sometimes being the precursor for a tornado.
Source(s): I'm a meteorologist - Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes that is called a wall cloud or a mesocyclone! :)
And yes that is the "funnel cloud"
Which is practically the tornado.
Infact it is a tornado once it touches the ground.
Well it is a funnel cloud intill it touches down..
Then it becomes a tornado.
So it is very posible it will touch down so listen for warnings and sirens.
Keep watching it and get ready to run for shelter. :)
I hope this helps!! Stay Safe! :)
Source(s): Weather Expert... Tornado Expert! :)