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RobertEarl

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16. See the funnel dropping from the cloud?

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 03:14 PM

Jun 2013

It is cloud being funneled to the earth. The cloud is made of mostly water.

The wind shapes the cloud into the funnel.

A tornadic cloud is one that has rising air, that is where the sucking idea comes from. Air that is rising does so because the pressure above it is lower: it is being sucked up. As it rises it turns in a circle. That air circulating upwards squeezes the water which is falling from the cloud into the funnel shape.

Instead of the rain falling in a broad pattern, it is shaped and concentrated into the funnel.

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Tornado Theory [View all] RobertEarl May 2013 OP

Bottom of cloud before tornado forms. More science. RobertEarl May 2013 #1

I really have to send the other DU'er that advised us to this OP a bottle of wine snooper2 Jan 2015 #20

Just goes to show RobertEarl Jan 2015 #21

Tornadoes aren't made of water; they are made of air. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2013 #2

Not so fast RobertEarl May 2013 #3

Furthermore RobertEarl May 2013 #4

You should present your theory to NOAA. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2013 #6

I wish I could remember where I saw this... love_katz May 2013 #5

Tornadoes are somewhat understood Yo_Mama May 2013 #7

It does make sense RobertEarl May 2013 #8

Basic cloud science behind this theroy RobertEarl May 2013 #9

How to stop a tornado, then RobertEarl May 2013 #10

So where do these tons of water go? Thor_MN Jun 2013 #11

Waterpik effect...? Good example RobertEarl Jun 2013 #12

Most people don't know what a hydrojet is, so Water Pik is more familiar Thor_MN Jun 2013 #13

Not saying it is a major effect RobertEarl Jun 2013 #14

Didn't really get that from your other posts, but in terms of genesis of a tornado, I'd say no. Thor_MN Jun 2013 #15

See the funnel dropping from the cloud? RobertEarl Jun 2013 #16

Aaaaannd, you just destroyed your theory... Thor_MN Jun 2013 #17

In a sense yes RobertEarl Jun 2013 #18

If you consider Dust Devils, it only takes one to tango Thor_MN Jun 2013 #19