A tornado moved by a weather station at EI Reno, OK on 24 May 2011. The wind and

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A tornado moved by a weather station at EI Reno, OK on 24 May 2011. The wind and pressure data from the station is below. What happens to the wind speed, direction, and pressure as the tornado moves by? How is this relevant to the physical workings of a tornado? On 27 April 2011, a major tornado outbreak occurred in the southeastern U.S. Note the wind barbs in the plot of the 7 p.m. CDT weather balloon data at Birmingham, Alabama below. What is happening to the wind direction and speed as you move upward? There is a meteorological name for this, what is it?

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The rotating wind cause tornadoes. The strength of the tornado depends on the wind speed. The figure shows EI Reno tornado in 24th May, 2011, which collapses many human properties and causes human depths, because this tornado moves with high velocity. The wind speed of this tornado is not constant, which undergoes ups and downs. The wind speed of the EI Reno tornado suddenly increases at 5 pm from East to North direction, and then decreases rapidly from North to East. Hence, the wind speed and pressure affect the direction of EI Reno tornado.

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