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anti-cyclonic tornados

#1 Postby rainstorm » Thu May 22, 2003 10:52 pm

do they occur more than 10% of the time?
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i read in weatherwise

#2 Postby rainstorm » Thu May 22, 2003 11:17 pm

an f4 anti-cyclonic tornado was reported in kansas i think.
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#3 Postby JCT777 » Fri May 23, 2003 9:18 am

LC (Larry Cosgrove) always refers to high pressure systems as anti-cyclones. So would an anti-cyclonic tornado be one that occurs on a bright sunny day? :wink: :cheesy:
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#4 Postby isobar » Fri May 23, 2003 9:33 am

lol JCT.

I would be surprised if it was 10% or more, unless they're counting the So. Hemisphere.
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#5 Postby rainstorm » Fri May 23, 2003 10:09 pm

quite a few anti-cyclonic tornados occur every year in the united states. refer to the latest edition of weatherwise
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#6 Postby Stormsfury » Sat May 24, 2003 5:30 pm

Actually on average, odds are 1,000 to 1 that a tornado will spin anti-cyclonically. Most tornadoes that spin anti-cyclonically are satellite vortices around a larger tornado. However, some video taken by storm chasers on several occasions have captured these rare tornadoes.
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#7 Postby mf_dolphin » Sat May 24, 2003 5:46 pm

You learn something new everyday! I didn't know that there were reverse tornados.
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#8 Postby rainstorm » Sun May 25, 2003 8:27 am

yes, they do occur. weatherwise has a very interesting article about them in its may/june edition.
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