© Matthew Clark
美国,科罗拉多州,坎波
纬度: 37° 4' 10'' N
经度: 102° 34' 41'' W
31 May 2010 1810 (当地时间)
摄像机方向:朝向北东南
图像P/S代码: P.11.5
图像I.D.: 5191
CL = 9, CM = /, CH = /
图为美国科罗拉多州坎波附近出现的陆龙卷(改良藤田级数EF2强度)。陆龙卷是龙卷的一种。
龙卷可定义为强烈的旋风,呈现出从积雨云或积云云底中伸出的云柱或倒锥体(漏斗云),并呈现出“龙卷尾”,是由吸起的海面水滴或扬起的地面沙、尘或杂物构成。
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A developing funnel cloud (tuba) is located at 1, about three kilometres from the photographer. It protrudes from a rain-free part of the flanking line to a Cumulonimbus. Cloud fragments near the vortex did not appear to be rotating. Another flanking line at 5 was also associated with the same Cumulonimbus. Occasional large drops of rain reached the ground where the photographer was standing, and winds were blowing towards the vortex at about 15 m s-1. A surface low was, centred 250 kilometres to the south-south-west. It was part of an elongated NNE-SSW low-pressure area. The funnel cloud became one of ten tornadoes which occurred in a two-hour period in west-central Kansas.
The cloud can also be seen in PR.200 as it appeared two minutes later.
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