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A Major Storm One Week From Friday
and last updated 2021-03-03 08:55:43-05
Good morning,
While the weather is very calm right now, lets look at a set up for next week and discuss why or why not there will be any severe thunderstorms in our area. A severe thunderstorm is really a strong cumulonimbus cloud. Let s take a look at the Supercell thunderstorm today:
Created By Roen Kelly
This picture shows the structure of what we call a Supercell Thunderstorm . Airplanes should never fly through one of these, and pilots know to fly around them. The updraft, which is shown as the rotating column in this picture, will have wind speeds blowing straight up at possibly 100 mph in the stronger severe thunderstorms. If an airplane were to encounter that updraft it could result in catastrophic circumstances. So, pilots will not even think about flying through one of these thunderstorms. Tornadoes will develop underneath that updraft.