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My best guess is that a tornado is a column shaped pocket of gas with a low mass density. Usually such a pocket would collapse in on itself, but in this case it is held open by centripetal force.
I'm just speculating about something I don't understand. Can anyone offer up a good explanation? What types of motion are involved? How well is all this understood?
I'm just speculating about something I don't understand. Can anyone offer up a good explanation? What types of motion are involved? How well is all this understood?