Andrew Khan
EF5
A lot of times people mis-use the term "wedge", on purpose, to give a higher excitement to the image, or video in question. I don't agree with this at all. I think facts hsould be reported as FACTS, and that's the duty.
Originally posted by Greg Stumpf+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Greg Stumpf)</div><!--QuoteBegin-nickgrilloA cap of the tornado (2nd) when it wedge'd out:
Not to nit-pick, but I've seen and heard too much misuse of the term wedge. A wedge tornado is one that is visually wider (at the ground) than it is tall (with minimal obstructions to horizon). In this case, this is not a wedge. To illustrate - the cyan line is the widthof the tornado at the ground, and the magenta line the height of the tornado from ground to cloud base. I believe I was quite liberal on the width of the tornado at the ground (remove some horizon effects), and the tornado probably enters the cloud base in the foreground of the base "horizon", making it actually taller. Add foreshortening to that, and it is more likely that the width of the tornado is about 1/2 (or less) the distance from ground to cloud base.
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Of course, I do want to make it sound like an ad for the DVD. Please support storm victims in their time of need:Originally posted by Amos Magliocco
I don't want to make this sound like an ad for the DVD (I know it does)
Originally posted by mikedeason
What the heck, I'll throw a couple of pics in as well:
[Mike