The discussion revolves around identifying specific atmospheric phenomena captured in videos recorded in Angicos, Brazil. Participants explore whether the phenomena are tornadoes, gustnadoes, or dust devils, examining their characteristics and relationships to storm activity.
Participants express differing views on the classification of the phenomena, with some proposing gustnadoes and others suggesting dust devils or tornadoes. No consensus is reached regarding the exact identification of each phenomenon.
Participants note the importance of the cloud base information for accurate classification, highlighting the limitations in determining the nature of the phenomena based on the videos alone.
I only glanced at the first one.ENQUISITIVE said:these are not cetripetal vortexs.
Ooh, thanks Dave, that's why I couldn't tell why it looked like a mix between a tornado and a dust devil, it's a gustnado. Never heard of it, and I live in the midwest.davenn said:The first one is a gustnado often seen along the gust front of an approaching storm
its not in the right place in the stormcell for it to be a tornado.
The second one is very indistinct... I will go with gustnado for similar reasons to the first videoclip.
the third one hmmmmm... unfortunately the cloudbase directly above the rotation was never shown and without that info I cannot tell you if its a gustnado or a tornado
That one really got its act together after coming off the water, didnt it ! cool
I get to see all sorts of wonderful things like that during my stormchasing trips around the USA and Australia
All 3 are clearly related to the storm activity which makes them gustnadoes / tornadoes
its their positional relationship to the stormcell which determines which of those 2 they are.
They are all typical vortex's ... there is no question of that! :)