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[–]dunchen22 34 points35 points ago

When I first saw this on /r/pics, I was actually thinking Cyclonic Rift.

[–]the-axis 11 points12 points ago

Either way, torandos are gonna fuck your shit up.

[–]crookedparadigm 5 points6 points ago

That's not a tornado.

[–]DeathSpank 1 point2 points ago

Yeah I believe it's a giant storm cell.

[–]the-axis 0 points1 point ago

So what is it exactly and its difference from a tornado?

Ok, so it might technically not be a tornado until it touches the ground, which I suppose it hasn't in this case, but it is still a funnel cloud and if it did touch ground it would be a tornado, wouldn't it?

If I am wrong, please correct me. I am not weather expert(obviously), but learning what it is, at least at the layman level, would be pretty cool.

[–]crookedparadigm 1 point2 points ago

I'm not a meteorologist either, but it just looks like a large thunderhead or supercell cumulonimbus to me. Could be a mesocyclone which can spawn tornadoes, but as far as I know those don't usually produce rain.

[–]KalAl 0 points1 point ago

Don't know why some jackass downvoted you, but the thing in the picture is much larger than a tornado. Like hundreds of times larger. It's an entire storm. The scale is a bit off because there's nothing to compare it to save the tree, which is much closer to the camera than the storm is.

[–]PatchySanity 4 points5 points ago

Why does nobody think of Aether Storm?

[–]Nithoren 0 points1 point ago

probably because it's a fifth edition card

[–]Shadowcat0909 3 points4 points ago

Cyclonic Rift looks similar, but I think Supreme Verdict also has a bunch of similarities. It's pretty much a mashup of the two.

[–]LeafhopperV 0 points1 point ago

Thats pretty awesome.

[–]Athene_Wins 0 points1 point ago

was thinking the same when i saw that pic, lol.