Mike Kay
EF0
I've always been fascinated by tornadoes and other severe weather in the Southern Hemisphere. Not only in Australia, but also in South Africa and South America, too.
About that link Damon posted originally, there is an English version of that Brazilian site - and interestingly, it has even more pics of Brazilian tornadoes than the Portuguese language version! (unfortunately, the additional links aren't in existence when you click on the additional pics)
http://www.lemma.ufpr.br/ernani/torbraz.html
Also a link to a supercell in Argentina:
http://www.lemma.ufpr.br/ernani/pampero_e.html
As for that video of the Brazilian tornado, I knew about this since late May from another non-weather forum which is regularly visited by a highly international mix of users, including Brazilians. That tornado in the video looks somewhat like the 1987 Edmonton tornado (see my avatar!).
I'd imagine that not only would tornadoes rotate cyclonically in the Southern Hemisphere, but also the supercells as well, and I also believe they'd have a reverse configuration to their counterparts north of the Equator. I believe I've seen this kind of reverse configuration happen in Australian supercells, especially in Doppler radar images from southeast Queensland (around Brisbane), New South Wales and Victoria. It's all in the Coriolis Effect.
About that link Damon posted originally, there is an English version of that Brazilian site - and interestingly, it has even more pics of Brazilian tornadoes than the Portuguese language version! (unfortunately, the additional links aren't in existence when you click on the additional pics)
http://www.lemma.ufpr.br/ernani/torbraz.html
Also a link to a supercell in Argentina:
http://www.lemma.ufpr.br/ernani/pampero_e.html
As for that video of the Brazilian tornado, I knew about this since late May from another non-weather forum which is regularly visited by a highly international mix of users, including Brazilians. That tornado in the video looks somewhat like the 1987 Edmonton tornado (see my avatar!).
I'd imagine that not only would tornadoes rotate cyclonically in the Southern Hemisphere, but also the supercells as well, and I also believe they'd have a reverse configuration to their counterparts north of the Equator. I believe I've seen this kind of reverse configuration happen in Australian supercells, especially in Doppler radar images from southeast Queensland (around Brisbane), New South Wales and Victoria. It's all in the Coriolis Effect.