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Funnels and tornados galore

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    #32
    Iancar29
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    I Knew there was some hook echos on the radar yesterday!, i was in the cinema though during that time :( ...

    Sounds like a strong EF-0 / weak EF-1 indeed.

    Hopefully the kid will grow up to be mad into the weather now! ha :)


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    #33
    nacho libre
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    http://www.irishweatheronline.com/news/storms/funnel-cloud-spotted-over-county-galway-21-june-2011/21045.html

    just looking at the last picture there, if that image qualifies as a funnel cloud, then i've seen these features quite often without actually realising it!


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    #34
    Tornando9
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    Photographed about 6 funnels last year. Haven't had as much time this year to go hunting them.

    Here's a few of mine.

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    Small timelapse of above funnel

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDlzTgg17aU&feature=player_embedded

    Hope you enjoy.


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    #35
    fizzycyst
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    gbee wrote: »
    That radio interview sure sounds like an EF1.

    But what's so special about Portlaoise that a Tornado should NOT be there, what's that presenter's name again?

    It's alright for a tornado to take a barn apart in the North but Portlaoise, it shouldn't happen [idiot]. :rolleyes:

    And he kept calling it a cyclone, what's that about??


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    #36
    Iancar29
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    fizzycyst wrote: »
    And he kept calling it a cyclone, what's that about??

    Cyclone is probably is another word for a tornado... just not used as much.


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    #37
    fizzycyst
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Cyclone is probably is another word for a tornado... just not used as much.

    Ah right, I thought it was what a hurricane was called in the southern hemisphere.


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    #38
    Iancar29
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    fizzycyst wrote: »
    Ah right, I thought it was what a hurricane was called in the southern hemisphere.

    Yep... ur right :)

    FROM WIKI
    "A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone[1], although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a narrower sense, only to name hurricanes or typhoons. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, but are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris and dust."


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    #39
    fizzycyst
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Yep... ur right :)

    FROM WIKI
    "A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone[1], although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a narrower sense, only to name hurricanes or typhoons. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, but are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris and dust."

    Ah, I never actually heard a tornado being called a cyclone, I guess it's a word that's kinda bandyed about a bit, thanks for the info:)


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    #40
    gbee
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    fizzycyst wrote: »
    Ah, I never actually heard a tornado being called a cyclone, I guess it's a word that's kinda bandyed about a bit, thanks for the info:)

    It's a more generic term really, it just suggests the rotation, cyclone, anticyclone as in H or L pressure. And I think it was more adopted to suggest a hurricane in the southern hemisphere for two reasons, it'd be the opposite for us as an anticyclone usually bring us bad weather, in the southern half it would be the cyclone.

    Add to that, a cyclonic storm in the south would generate to violent storm force or hurricane far more often than in the north. Thus the association, [IMO and naturally subject to correction.]


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    #41
    WolfeIRE
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    Another funnel cloud in Meath on Wednesday
    http://www.irishweatheronline.com/news/storms/funnel-cloud-sighted-near-dunshaughlin-meath-22-june-2011/21143.html


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    #42
    h57xiucj2z946q
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    Thought I saw one forming in Athlone just there now.


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    #43
    Iancar29
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    Wyatt Warm Pet wrote: »
    Thought I was one forming on Athlone just there now.

    Ur there now?.. Heres the radar shot for the area, looks plausable, and it only stayed for one scan meaning , its rotating a bit ...

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    Good spot! :)


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    #44
    h57xiucj2z946q
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    I was driving from my house back to work, so couldn't take a pic. It might just have been the shape of the cloud either. The cloud was really dark and low, as opposed to the other cloud formations in the sky which where light and high up.


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    #45
    mickger844posts
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    There was lots of potential Funnel action in the suburbs of Waterford City today with huge black clouds very close to the horizon. This pic i took was the closest to a funnel i could see but its more like a scud cloud. It was trying hard to generate but just couldn't get there. Was fun watching though :)

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