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Supercell vs Tornadocane - What's the difference?

supercell | tornadocane |

As nouns the difference between supercell and tornadocane

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 tornadocane is (meteorology|informal) a supercell thunderstorm whose radar signature resembles that of a hurricane, with a center free of precipitation; a landphoon.

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.

    • tornadocane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (meteorology, informal) A supercell thunderstorm whose radar signature resembles that of a hurricane, with a center free of precipitation; a landphoon.