Josh Frank
EF0
What is some terminology you guys use when chasing tornadoes? I know a few like Bear's cage and Ghost train,but I was wondering if there was anymore terminology out there.
Chasing Terminology
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Tim Paitz
EF2
The suck zone.... the point, basically in which the twister sucks you up.... and that's not the technical term for it obviously.
My favorite, death by MCS. As in, a potentially good chase day wrecked by an MCS.
Ethan Schisler
EF5
This one has Iowa/Illinois written all over it lol.
Ethan Schisler
EF5
I don't really use much terminology aside from the typical...wall cloud, mesoscyclone, tornado cyclone, tornado, RFD gust front etc. Although I'd like to make up a term for when the gust front of a wind producing MCS outruns the precipitation......that one irritates me quite a bit lol.
John Moore
EF1
Turkey tower - towering cumulus that fails to produce a storm. It sometimes looks like the neck of a turkey.
Ben Holcomb
EF5
banana low... @Adam Lucio coined term for an elongated low that looks like a banana on the models
Not my favorite, but a "mummy". A rain wrapped tornado that you can't really see. You know, I might like that one more than I thought....
John Olexa
EF5
My favorite.. "Anvil Crawler" Lightning that seems to crawl across the sky. NOAA defines it as:
Anvil Crawler - [Slang], a lightning discharge occurring within the anvil of a thunderstorm, characterized by one or more channels that appear to crawl along the underside of the anvil. They typically appear during the weakening or dissipating stage of the parent thunderstorm, or during an active MCS.
Anvil Crawler - [Slang], a lightning discharge occurring within the anvil of a thunderstorm, characterized by one or more channels that appear to crawl along the underside of the anvil. They typically appear during the weakening or dissipating stage of the parent thunderstorm, or during an active MCS.
Shane Adams
"Spinergy" which describes the allotted amount (time) of spin a tornado receives, for those who agree with an old theory that tornadoes' lifespans are pre-determined by atmospheric forces within the localized storm/area environment.
Tim Paitz
EF2
Crapvection- it has nothing to do with a shitstorm but the AM convection ruining a severe weather setup, especially in 2015.
Matt Salo
EF1
"Bob's Road"!!!
Greg McLaughlin
EF5
Streamwise Vorticity Current or SVC.
Tim Paitz
EF2
Trollnado = just about any tornado that happens in Ohio unexpectedly apparently.
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