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A tornado forms downwards from a cloud base when warm, moist air collides with colder air. A "firenado" actually has more in common with a whirlwind or dust devil, as they form from the ground ...
A dust devil seen in Amboseli National Park, Kenya in 1993. A dust devil (also known regionally as a dirt devil) is a strong, well-formed, and relatively short-lived whirlwind. Its size ranges from small (18 in/half a metre wide and a few yards/metres tall) to large (more than 30 ft/10 m wide and more than half a mile/1 km tall).
Video footage from Friday shows a rotating inferno surrounded by smoke in the Pacific Palisades fire that has devastated the LA area. ... which is “more akin to a dust devil than a tornado ...
A fire whirl, fire devil or fire tornado is a whirlwind induced by a fire and often (at least partially) composed of flame or ash. These start with a whirl of wind , often made visible by smoke , and may occur when intense rising heat and turbulent wind conditions combine to form whirling eddies of air.
A whirlwind A dust devil at school ground Whirlwind, 61 km northeast of Broome, Western Australia. A whirlwind is a phenomenon in which a vortex of wind (a vertically oriented rotating column of air) forms due to instabilities and turbulence created by heating and flow gradients. Whirlwinds can vary in size and last from a couple minutes to a ...
According to the National Weather Service, a dust devil is a "common wind phenomenon" that looks like a mini tornado (but with less intensity) and can have wind speeds of up to 60 mph.
A dust devil (also known as a whirlwind) resembles a tornado in that it is a vertical swirling column of air. However, they form under clear skies and are no stronger than the weakest tornadoes. However, they form under clear skies and are no stronger than the weakest tornadoes.
A gustnado near Williamstown, Kansas on April 3, 2011. This gustnado is a good example that gustnadoes can cause damage; it caused damage similar to that of a weak tornado: "Two center pivot irrigations were flipped over, a large outdoor shed was destroyed and several tree limbs were snapped."