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What is a mesocyclone?

What is a mesocyclone? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An area of vertical atmospheric rotation in supercell thunderstorms, which signals the threat of a possible tornado.
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Once it forms, the parent mesocyclone is reclassified as a tornado cyclone.
Various different temperatures and wind interactions at different altitudes can cause a rotating updraft called a mesocyclone.
The middle level of the storm is usually the first area where cyclostrophic balance is achieved, and it is this section of the mesocyclone that begins to act as a dynamic pipe.
This helicity value was classified as a strong mesocyclone environment according to Davies-Jones.
In this manner the mesocyclone grows in strength in a positive-feedback, or self-amplifying, process.
Mesolow should not be confused with mesocyclone, which is a storm-scale phenomenon.

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