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Landspout

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stovepipe tornadonoun(climatology, meteorology) A type of tornado with a nearly cylindrical profile and relatively low height.
mesocyclonenounAn area of vertical atmospheric rotation in supercell thunderstorms, which signals the threat of a possible tornado.
outflow boundarynounA storm-scale or mesoscale boundary separating thunderstorm-cooled air (outflow) from the surrounding air, with a similar effect to a cold front.
eyewall mesovortexnounA small-scale rotational feature found in the eyewalls of intense hurricanes and typhoons.
vortexingnounThe formation of a vortex.
tropical cyclonenoun(loosely) A rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a circular or spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain, ranging in increasing strength from tropical depressions and tropical storm to hurricanes.
stormtracknoun(weather, meteorology) The path traversed by the centre of a cyclonic storm.
tropical stormnounA cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour.
anticyclonenoun(meteorology) A system of winds that spirals out from a center of high pressure.
ex-tropical cyclonenounA weather system that was a tropical cyclone but has moved out of the tropics, typically losing the eyewall and symmetrical cloud pattern but still having considerable potential for severe weather.
vortexnounA whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
landfallnounThe point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
thermalnoun(meteorology) A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of a planet's surface.
eyewallnounA ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather of a cyclone occurs.
polar vortexnounA large-scale cyclone located in the middle and upper troposphere and stratosphere that surround the polar highs and lay in the wake of the polar front.
convolutionnoun(mathematics, functional analysis) A mathematical operation on two functions that produces a third that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other; the integral of the product of the two functions after one is reflected about the y-axis and shifted along the x-axis.
tachoclinenoun(astronomy) A region of abrupt transition from rotation to convection in the interior of the sun.
brontographnounA tracing or chart showing the phenomena accompanying a thunderstorm.
pitchnounA sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
tornado warningnoun(meteorology) An indication that a tornado has been sighted in a viewing area.

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