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Supercell vs Mesocyclone - What's the difference?

supercell | mesocyclone |

As nouns the difference between supercell and mesocyclone

is that supercell is a severe thunderstorm with updrafts and downdrafts that are in near balance, allowing the storm to maintain itself for several hours. Supercells often produce large hail, powerful downpours, very strong winds and sometimes tornadoes while mesocyclone is an area of vertical atmospheric rotation in supercell thunderstorms, which signals the threat of a possible tornado.

supercell

English

Noun

(wikipedia supercell) (en noun)
  • A severe thunderstorm with updrafts and downdrafts that are in near balance, allowing the storm to maintain itself for several hours. Supercells often produce large hail, powerful downpours, very strong winds and sometimes tornadoes.
  • (mineralogy) A repeating unit cell of a crystal that contains several primitive cells.

    • mesocyclone

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia mesocyclone) (en noun)
  • an area of vertical atmospheric rotation in supercell thunderstorms, which signals the threat of a possible tornado.

    • Derived terms

    * mesocyclonic