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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- Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Mesocyclone transition
- Damage
- See also
- References
- External links
__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.