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or funnel cloud?

April 26, 2017Cloud funnel

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or funnel cloud?

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There are some subtle and not so subtle differences between a tornado…waterspout…and funnel cloud. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air…pendant from a cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud…and often has a visible funnel cloud. To be classified as a tornado…the column of air has to be in contact with the cloud base and ground. A funnel cloud is the same thing as a tornado with one important exception…

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There are some subtle and not so subtle differences between a tornado…waterspout…and funnel cloud. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air…pendant from a cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud…and often has a visible funnel cloud. To be classified as a tornado…the column of air has to be in contact with the cloud base and ground.