Look at this image below:
You can see the track highlighted from a tornado on June 7, 2007 in northern Wisconsin.The reason you can see it? Because it was a FOURTY MILE LONG track of damage! Quite a scar from that tornado.
Crazy stuff!
~KDLT Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer
4 comments:
Why do tornados travel in a straight line like in the satellite photo? They seem less organized than that and that they would skip around more. Doesn't the topography change how they move?
Could you do some of this on tv? This type of weather stuff could be more interesting than some of the dialy local news stuff. or could you do special piece like this every so often?
Thats a sweet picture Aaron. You guys at KDLT should start a storm chaser program. Just take a hand full of PA's, a van, and let the adventure begin.
CAL
Hey all. Tornados don't typically travel in straight lines. There are spots where the tornado will wabble, shift, or increase/decrease in size and strength. Im sure this tornado didn't track exactly straight. This picture may be a bit diceiving because it is zoomed out so far. But if you were to look at the track up close, it would not be straight. It's like looking at a highway on a map, the map may show a straight line but there will be little curves in the road along the way. Also, we try to show as much of this on tv as we can but if it doesn't pertain to our area then we aren't allowed to use it. Most people that watch the news just want the forecast and don't want to see this kind of stuff. That is one of the main reasons why we have a blog is so that people who show a strong interest in weather can get more information about whats going on in the world. Hopefully we are providing that. Thanks for your comments!
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