About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 113. Chapters: Tornado, Thunderstorm, Cumulonimbus cloud, List of severe weather phenomena, Supercell, United States rainfall climatology, Severe weather terminology, List of extreme weather events, Convective storm detection, X-ray generation, Mesoscale convective system, Severe storms in Australia, VORTEX projects, Waterspout, Microburst, X-rays from lightning, Fair weather, Derecho, Convective available potential energy, Electrostatic suspension, Atmospheric convection, Bounded weak echo region, Lifted condensation level, Squall line, Outflow, Downburst, Cloudburst, Wall cloud, Heat burst, Mesocyclone, Electrosphere, Inflow, List of microbursts, Mesoscale convective complex, Dry line, Wake low, Bow echo, Convective inhibition, Fire whirl, Lemon technique, Landphoon, Bar, Overshooting top, Lifted index, Tornado vortex signature, Rear-inflow jet, Gustnado, Landspout, Vertical draft, Three body scatter spike, Hook echo, Doppler On Wheels, Free convective layer, Mesoscale convective vortex, Maximum parcel level, Level of free convection, T.E.D.D. - Tornado Electrical Discharge Detection, Convective overshoot, Multicellular thunderstorm, Texas Norther, Alberta Hail Project, Equilibrium level, Dew point depression, Tilted updraft, Pulse storm, Convective condensation level, Convective temperature, Storm cell. Excerpt: A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider sense, to name any closed low pressure circulation. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, but are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud...
