Weather and other bits

[Barriehie]

We made it through unscathed, now watching the temps drop by the minute.

Good time for something hot and one of those donut things you might have left.

 

[Z-Cook]

My area is past the spin-up tornadoes but praying for the rest in the path. Those are the worst in that there is practically zero warning. Whoosh, there it is, an F2 in the driveway.

Had to look up spin-up tornado - is that the same as gustnado which is what came up?

 

[Barriehie]

Had to look up spin-up tornado - is that the same as gustnado which is what came up?

No, gustnados aren't really tornadoes. A bit below.

https://www.mystateline.com/weather/gustnado-vs-tornado-whats-the-difference/

https://www.weather.gov/media/lmk/Thunderstorm_Winds_Explained.pdf

 

[Z-Cook]

No, gustnados aren't really tornadoes. A bit below.

https://www.mystateline.com/weather/gustnado-vs-tornado-whats-the-difference/

https://www.weather.gov/media/lmk/Thunderstorm_Winds_Explained.pdf

And a spin up tornado?

 

[TastyReuben]

74F yesterday, now the windchill is 10F and it’s spitting sleet and snow.

 

[TastyReuben]

And a spin up tornado?

Spin-up tornadoes are ones that develop very rapidly with no real warning. That’s what makes them so dangerous, even though they’re generally weaker and don’t stay together as long. They’re still strong enough to do some real damage, though.

They pop up very quickly, blow the roof off the house, suck your MIL up the chimney, then disappear…then a new one appears a mile down the road. Watching them on weather radar is like watching the bubbles pop up in a pot of simmering soup. There’s one…there’s another one…that one’s gone…there’re two more…

 

[Barriehie]

Spin-up tornadoes are ones that develop very rapidly with no real warning. That’s what makes them so dangerous, even though they’re generally weaker and don’t stay together as long. They’re still strong enough to do some real damage, though.

They pop up very quickly, blow the roof off the house, suck your MIL up the chimney, then disappear…then a new one appears a mile down the road. Watching them on weather radar is like watching the bubbles pop up in a pot of simmering soup. There’s one…there’s another one…that one’s gone…there’re two more…

There are lots of them in Ohio...