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Bookmark or Share- What Causes Cold Air Funnels? - National Weather ServiceCold air funnels form beneath showers or weak thunderstorms when the air aloft is especially cold. The funnels are most common in the fall and spring when the sun is able to heat up the lower levels of the atmosphere, causing convection to bubble up and form showers, but temperatures around 15,000 to 20,000 feet above the ground are quite cold.
- Funnel cloud - WikipediaA funnel cloud is a funnel-shaped cloud of condensed water droplets, associated with a rotating column of wind and extending from the base of a cloud (usually a cumulonimbus or towering cumulus cloud) but not reaching the ground or a water surface. [1]
- How to tell different funnel type clouds apart | Science Says ...The different funnel type clouds and how to tell them apart Arkansans are no stranger to tornadoes. But did you know that not all funnels in the sky are created equal?
- Funnel clouds - Met OfficeWhat are funnel clouds? A funnel cloud is a cone-shaped cloud which extends from the base of a cloud towards the ground without actually reaching the surface. In the UK they often look like...
- Tornado - Funnel Clouds, Wind Shear, Supercell | BritannicaTornado - Funnel Clouds, Wind Shear, Supercell: A tornado is often made visible by a distinctive funnel-shaped cloud. Commonly called the condensation funnel, the funnel cloud is a tapered column of water droplets that extends downward from the base of the parent cloud.
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