Does a charge distribution (electron/ion) exist in a tornado vortex?
Plasma is a fully ionized gas consisting of free electrons and positively charged ions which makes plasma electrically conductive. Ionization can be produced by heating to a high temperature, by an electrical discharge, or by light impact. A tornado vortex is a vortex of air. There are no processes involved in the tornado formation that can ionize the air in the vortex thus transferring it into plasma. Q: Do you know of any research on topographic features impacting tornado development or direction of travel? I live in the southeast and there appear to be recognizable “tornado alleys” in our area in which several tornadoes have followed the same path over a period of several seasons.
