SUCTION VORTEX (SOMETIMES SUCTION SPOT)


Meaning of SUCTION VORTEX (SOMETIMES SUCTION SPOT) in English

A small but very intense vortex within a tornado circulation. Several suction vortices typically are present in a multiple-vortex tornado. Much of the extreme damage associated with violent tornadoes (F4 and F5 on the Fujita scale) is attributed to suction vortices.

Weather and meteorology English vocabulary.      Английский словарь погоды и метеорологии .