newscientist.com — Where do twisters come from? I have joined the biggest tornado hunt in history. The two-year, $12 million project, called Verification of the Origin of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment, or VORTEX2, began on 10 May with the aim of recording, for the first time, the entire life cycle of a tornado.
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nirvgorillaMar 2, 2010
What video? I don't see any video.
anovoaMar 2, 2010
cant wait for the next Storm Chasers to come out...and, does anyone know anything about the IMAX movie that Sean Casey filmed? (Sean Casey owner and builder of both Tornado Intercept Vehicles)
kabesMar 2, 2010
It's the suck zone. It's the point basically when the twister... sucks you up. That's not the technical term for it, obviously.
xf1berMar 2, 2010
<a class="user" href="http://chasertv.com" rel="nofollow">http://chasertv.com</a> Provides some Top of the line LIVE Chase coverage over much of the United States during the Spring and Summer months. Definitely worth bookmarking if your like this story.
kenrblanMar 2, 2010
I love that show too. Anyone who watches the show probably remembers the tornado they are talking about in Wyoming. Casey went against Wurman's advice to get on that tornado and in position for the intercept. We will probably hear something about that IMAX film by the time the next season debuts.For me, the most entertaining part of the show is anything Reed Timmer does. That guy is insane.
Closed AccountMar 2, 2010
I agree. He is a pretty brave group.
shiftybiznissMar 2, 2010
"Killing yourself won't bring your dad back!"
ozziedogMar 3, 2010
Honestly I find the study of tornadoes is equivalent to studying a horse by looking at the flapping of it's tail. Doesn't it seem obvious that tornadoes have less to do with downdraft and updraft than they have to do with conflicting movement of large air masses? Some rivers with a strong flow that come against a tide regularly form eddies. At the bottom of the river, these things look exactly like tornadoes save they are in water. It's how fluids release energy in conflict. No doubt humidity and temperature help influence tornado formation, but the main driver must be the collision of large air masses. Downdrafts and updrafts are created by these collisions in an effort to get to the lowest energy state. If the collision is strong enough, tornadoes form. Tornadoes would be better studied from space than on the ground.