landspout
Sign in to save__NOTOC__ thumb|A landspout tornado in the early stages of development by the town of Lamar, Colorado|alt=Photograph of a landspout under mostly cloudy skies thumb|A landspout tornado forms from a developing thunderstorm near Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. Landspouts are exceptionally common in Eastern Colorado. thumb|Landspout on September 29, 2007, in Minas Gerais
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Within Vinony's link graph, landspout is referenced by 283 other articles, and connects out to supercell, extratropical cyclone and downburst.
It is catalogued under topics including Severe weather and convection, Tornado and Vortices.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Mesocyclone transition
- Damage
- See also
- References
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__NOTOC__ thumb|A landspout tornado in the early stages of development by the town of Lamar, Colorado|alt=Photograph of a landspout under mostly cloudy skies thumb|A landspout tornado forms from a developing thunderstorm near Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. Landspouts are exceptionally common in Eastern Colorado. thumb|Landspout on September 29, 2007, in Minas Gerais
A landspout is a type of tornado not associated with a mesocyclone. The term was coined by atmospheric scientist Howard B. Bluestein in 1985. The Glossary of Meteorology defines a landspout as:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “landspout” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.