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- From: stumpf@nsslsun.nssl.uoknor.edu (Greg Stumpf)
- Subject: Re: Gustnadoes
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.164143.20696@nsslsun.nssl.uoknor.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 16:41:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul23.152948.19968@nsslsun.nssl.uoknor.edu> stumpf@nsslsun.nssl.uoknor.edu (Greg Stumpf) writes:
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- >Good description. Many argue that a gustnado *is* a tornado beacuse it
- >is a violently rotating column of air on the ground, but seem to forget that
- >the definition of a true tornado says that this column of air is *pendant
- >from the cumulonimbus cloud*. This does not mean, however, that you can have
- ^^^
- >very damaging gustnadoes if conditions are met. Also, some gustnadoes can
- >be entrained into the thunderstorm updraft, becoming tornadoes (or hybrids).
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- This should read "can't".
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