What would a mountain or a valley do if a tornado came through is there any difference when it hits a mountain or a valley? Does it do anything to the tornado?
Excellent video! You are definitely knowledgeable in meteorology and the processes of storm development. With your permission I would like to use this video at my next spotter training course. I hold them every April in conjunction with our local emergency management ISO9000 incident command and SAR training.
The overlay is such a HUGE HUGE HELP! These storms are so technical, making it really hard for those of us who look at the sky & say, "hey cool looking thunderstorm!". But when you add in the overlay, it instantly makes everything click! Best of luck & please keep making great content. 👍 💜
For someone with a life-long fascination with tornadoes, this is by far the clearest & most complete explanation of how tornadoes form I've ever seen. Heard bits & pieces of what was discussed but never so vividly & easily understood as in this video.
Finally someone who was able to explain how thunderstorms form in way my poor brain could comprehend. The overlays on pictures and satellite was a brilliant strategy to help people understand what you were explaining. Thank you so much!
This is the problem with a lot of science teachers, and why most students have problems with science--they just don't break it down far enough so people with poor brains(just kidding) can understand it, then put it back together, then science becomes fun.
Oh hell yeah man! I have recently come back to rediscovering my old passion for weather and tornadoes and atmospheric sciences. I have been considering going back to school for it. Glad to find your channel, this was good content and you should definitely keep making more!
I flew for a Research and Hail Suppression program in Alberta in the summer of 1974. (Hailstop '74). I was flying missions to seed bases below the Weak Echo Region (as read from a ground based met radar station) and aided by visual recognition of inflow regions, shelf clouds, etc... The air was always laminar - and sometimes the biggest challenge was to remain in visual flight conditions BELOW the inflow region and not be drawn up into the cloud. I also flew 'top seeding' missions in the vicinity of 20 to 25,000 feet (using the outside air temp for clues) and dropped seeding canisters into the tops of rapidly growing turrets. Once again - always in smooth air. Meanwhile, a group of scientists on the project were flying updraft penetrations in a Cessna 414 fully equipped with cloud physics sampling equipment and airborne weather radar. It was a fascinating summer's job! All I learned about operating (safely!) around T-storms - and from my many conversations with the scientists on the project -provided a great base for my airline career that followed. Your explanations and photos reveal a much better understanding of Supercell dynamics than we had in 1974! This is great review and training aid. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve seen people draw lines before over pictures of the clouds, however, having the top-down overlay showing the horizontal wind directions is super helpful, as is color coding them with your view of the clouds from a vertical perspective.
Random dude from Germany here. I LOVE extreme weather and one of my bucket list dreams is to witness a (preferably rural) tornado myself one day. I live in central Germany and in my village we did actually have an EF1 or possibly EF2 13 years back, but I wasn´t at home that day, but in the village next to home, wondering why the sky turned into an orange theatre full of hail. I wish I would´ve been home that day and it would´ve passed my home within 200m........ I´m always excited to check RUclips during the current tornado seasons each year and every year I ask myself how this extreme weather shapes and forms those beasts. This video was a really great answer to my question so thank you very very much :)
this video does a tremendous job creating connective tissue between video footage, a photograph, a data chart, radar map, and a satellite map - it really does a wonderful job synthesizing all these views into a more complete mental picture of the storm
Wow. This was simply excellent. I've been searching for something that could explain this subject for some time. The way you superimposed the drawings of the parts of the supercell over different visual representations of the storm was especially helpful. Just sorry it took me 2 years to find this. But I do, by now, know who Skip Talbot is, so I've learned some sensible things along the way.
@@CeltonHenderson I've been watching storm chasers on discovery plus and they throw out a lot of terms and I never understood what they were talking about. This helped a lot
This video is, without a doubt, the best explanation of how and why a tornado forms that I have yet found. Really well done - great visuals, great video, great narration. Keep up with this - you have a gift for explanation.
Having watched many videos on tornadogenesis, I can say this is the best explanation of the general structure I've seen. I finally understand the flow of air and it makes sense. Thank you!
Extremely informative! Thank you for the details and the overlay. Thank you for drawing on the picture of that storm. All of it was GREAT. Now I absolutely know that I have seen at least 2 tornados and properly identified the hooks on radar images that spawn the tornados. I cannot thank you enough! I am confident that if I am driving and see these signs, I will know where NOT to run or drive.
The best breakdown of a storm I have seen yet. Well done. My place has taken two direct hits by tornadoes,1963 (the year before I was born), destroying the feed mill that was under construction, and 2008 taking half the machine shed and missing the feed mill by 25 yards. Also had countless funnel clouds pass over too.
This is the best description of how these storms form and function that I’ve seen to date. It’s like the missing piece of a puzzle. You’ve earned a subscription from me for this. Thanks
Ive followed and learned about US storms for several years on social media and this 9 min video has been brilliant in that its pieced together all the things that i regularly see from radar content , such as that provided by Ryan Hall Y'all , with on the ground footage from spotters and chasers alike. What ive found most valuable on your video is the way you've overlayed what a hook echo looks like from the ground perspective... ive previously found it difficult to decipher the scale of radar to first person visual . Thankyou so much for this detailed , visual & highly informative information, its my missing piece in the supercell jigsaw :0)
Loved how you overlaid the photo and elements of the storm together with the radar cross section with the storm elements. Helps connect the radar to visual cues
Friend, You really provided a great explanation with the overlays. I appreciate your work here and encourage your pursuit in weather and storms. You have certainly prepared yourself well thus far ! Keep up the good work ! I liked and subscribed !! Will keep listening and watching. I am a General Class Ham Radio operator license N4TDM. As you no doubt know, many of us have associated interests in severe weather and it's aftermath. I hope in the future to play a helpful role in emergency comms upon my retirement from the Railroad soon. Thanks again . Not many of you who strive to contribute to storm investigations and documentation provide an educational perspective to the public. Thanks Again !
Simple and accurate, this presentation is one of a handful I consider as a legitimate prerequisite for those interested in accurately interpreting mesocyclone features and potential outcomes
I love that you turned all the tech-speak of the NOAA forecasters into these practical and real-world observations that we’ve all experienced with supercells and severe T’storms dozens of times. With the increase in range and frequency of severe weather events, it pays to know where the most dangerous areas like large hail, gust fronts, bow echoes, and tornadoes are most likely to be. As a sailor, I want to be as far away from damaging weather as possible. I appreciate it!
@@CeltonHenderson looking forward to it. I was born in Louisville a couple of months after the 74 outbreak, was chasing storms on my bike before the movie Twister, and still take a couple of trips a year to do so. With children it's been tough the past 17 years to be able to go at the ideal moment but that would change very soon, but I have to admit your Florida to North Dakota trip is beyond impressive and dedicated.
I'm preparing teaching material for "Earth Science class" for our homeschool co-op next fall. Meteorology, astronomy, and geology are all hobbies of mine from childhood. I haven't studied them in decades. Your video is incredibly helpful! I feel much more confident now about teaching. I'll subscribe and checkout your other content. 👍🏻 Thank you for passing on your skills.
I am a meteorology/atmospheric sciences major as well! I stumbled upon this video trying to write an informative speech about the lifespan of a supercell and formation of a tornado. I want to write it in chronological order and it’s due tomorrow. If weather wasn’t my major I think this video would still be a great explanation of the processes through visuals of the storm and front diagrams of a supercell. Great job!
Good video. You explained supercells well for me, and I really liked it when you super-imposed data over the item on the screen. This helped me a lot in understanding it all.
I’m glad the video helped you out Kevin, I just released another video with supercells and tornadoes in it just a few minutes ago that talks a lot about this same stuff if it helps to see more examples.
Supercells are indeed the most advanced and sophisticated thunderstorms in addition to being the most powerful, majestic and dangerous. I know much of their complexity still eludes understanding. It's particularly fascinating how the mesocyclone pretty much drives the storm like a massive super powerful turbine. Being as fascinated as I am of them, if I were to go on a storm chase (maybe through a Twister Tour or something), it would be enough for me to see a Supercell or a few of them. Seeing a tornado would be a bonus. The core of my fascination have always been Supercells. Thanks for doing this video.
My man, I am watching this in Kansas as a line of storms rolls in. This is the video I have always been looking for. Thank you very much for this great educational content.
That was the most informative version of "anatomy of a supercell" I've ever encountered. I really like the superimposed graph and illustrated symbols and labels on irl photos. Thank you.
That is the best, most simple and easy to understand description I’ve heard to date! Very very well done! May you intercept and be safe as you study and play.
Thank you, I’ve gone on to see quite a bit of cool storms and tornadoes since I made this video. A lot of which are currently in various stages of production for future videos.
Excellent video, thank you for the much need, clear view points, what to look out for and the meaning behind them. We have been experiencing wild weather here in Ontario, so... its about time for me to learn more. Don't be scared, be prepared they say😊 Thank you for sharing, keep up the great work, CR
Bro, I’ve watched I dunno how many countless videos on tornado formation, explanations, the computer modeling videos on YT, & w/ every single one the only thing I learn is how little I know & understand. That said, for some reason, your video made a lot of sense & I actually got some things out of it as well as gained a little understanding of what’s what in a mess of dark clouds & some direction in the formation of tornados. I’ve never seen one, never been in around or anywhere close to one but have always been fascinated by them & maybe someday I’ll see one.
at 3:17 I see these all the time (NE Arkansas), was curious about it but never had a clue what was going on. Thanks for the break down. The graphics helped explain it.
I thànk you Celton for your most comprehensive and enthralling channel! I have a long standing fascination with the weather story that defines the world we ìnhabit. Ì am a long time subscriber of your channel. I welcome your illustrative graphics ,I have found them to be very useful in making sense of the weather..
Thank you for this! Succinct and great overlays. I can see the influence of Skip’s videos but… there’s just something about his voice that makes those 90 minute videos of his hard to watch. You have a great delivery voice. If you’re ever thru Gainesville on your way north to chase those supercells, stop in and I’ll buy ya a beer.
Thanks for this, I've always wondered about these mysterious workings of the atmosphere, and have a much better understanding of supercells now. I drive a truck all over the USA and encounter many many storms
awesome vid, i learned something from this video, and keep up the good work, these are REALLY good videos, i don't mind waiting for videos of this quality
Celton, I’ve watched both this video and the Skip Talbot video you referred to at the end. You really do yourself a disservice by saying Skip’s explanations are way better than yours. That’s not to take away anything from Skip, because his channel is all around amazing, but this video is on par with his content. Your layman’s terms explanations coupled with the overlays you used make an incredibly complex subject easier to understand. You earned yourself a sub and I’m looking forward to more amazing content.
Thanks Casey, I left that in there partly because I learned a lot of what I know from him. I'll likely be making a part 2 of that video soon. I've learned a lot more and have gotten significantly better at editing videos since, so I feel its time to revisit it.
it is mind boggling to me as some1 that lives in a European Country with unrestricted highway speed limits how you guys dare travel that far with a maximum speed limit uf just about 137km/h (or 85mph) over such a ridiculously large landmass - the numbers are just crazy, 71h drive, 4756 miles (e.g. avg speeds of ~67mph), if anything shows true dedication, it's exactly that. insanely informative video, the overlay is absolutely great. I'd wish for a small compass overlay whenever the car is moving and maybe a small transparent map in case you intend to put such footage to an even more detailed and informative use in the near future. great stuff, keep it up! good luck and safe travels out there!
Thank you so much for the overlay in both real life and the radar. For some reason my brain struggles with understanding the 3D geometry happening when tornados "stand-up" from horizontal to vertical. Mapping out the parts of the storm like that helps me a lot!
Thanks for this! Just that overlay alone was very informative as I, as a new, novice weather enthusiast had no idea what I was looking at. The more detail the better for me. ALSO, I live right below Sanford in Oviedo/Winter Springs! I'm waiting for some more severe weather to come through FL as we've really only seen the usual air mass thunderstorms as of late with very little, if any rotation. I would love to go out locally and see some MCS. But, I honestly dont know enough yet to confidently do it safely in the event that it were to drop a tornado. I've learned a lot recently, but I'm not stupid enough to just hop in my truck and go tornado chasing without enough knowledge to do it safely or preferably with someone that is much more experienced. Either way, thanks for the video and I def subscribed and hope to learn much more from you!
Straight line winds tore up our town a few yrs back (suburb of Rochester, NY). The highest gust was almost 90 mph. I know, not as powerful as some tornados and hurricanes, or derechos (sp?) but daaaaamn.....I Iost power for a week. That was a storm I only want to experience once in my life..... Great video though! I'm totally into weather stuff!
I never would’ve thought that the “horseshoe section of clouds that has no rainfall” would be the most dangerous area to be in. It looks like it’s the only safe place because of the sun light!
Celton, great video...I live in West Central IL and know a lot about tornadoes as our part of the state gets its share of supercells every year. Your video was extremely helpful in covering the dynamics with my friend in Southern California of what it takes to get a tornado to form! Extremely complicated dynamics covered very well in your video!!! Many thanks!!! Happy chasing. By the way we had an F3 tornado last year on April 4, 2023 in my hometown of Lewistown, IL where 5 storm chasers were caught inside the bear cage and were lucky enough to survive a direct hit by the F3 giant: mesocyclone measured approx. 5 mile wide, violent tornado cyclone 2 mile, tornado .5 mile...violent!!! Again, many thanks for a very concise and easy to understand learning video!!! 🙂
Thank u for uploading this. I'm from India and i love everything about weather. I mostly love severe weather. I wanted to study meteorology or atmospheric science, but here in india it is not considered as great career choice since it has less job opportunities and also i didn't knew about how to build career in this field, so i had to choose Engineering (Electronics and Telecom) like everyone else in india..!! In your country, it is like community of storm chasers and weather of your country is very diverse, u guys can experience, hurricanes, tornados, derecho.. i realy want to study weather and to chase storms.. *Keep doing this*
Yeah...I hear you. I wanted to be a heavy metal guitarist but it wouldn't have been a sustainable career choice in the long run (and many of my friends who play in metal bands have other day jobs anyway) so I ended up reading Medicine at University and doing my speciality. It was great to do that but at times I used to wonder about what would have happened had I pursued a music career. I now play guitar for fun and as a hobby. It is kind of sad though that we want to do something but it turns out to be an unsustainable career choice. I have always been fascinated by storms though and hope to see them someday.
When I was young I spotted mesocyclones in Eastern india 🇮🇳 and seen tornadoes do occur in india specially in Bangladesh 🇧🇩and Assam typically in April May and October
This is brilliant. I can see how cyclonic windshear can craft and shape all this various vorticity 🌀 I understood absolutely all of your labels, explanations and diagrams as everything was so well presented and crystal clear. So thank you so much!! 😁 Pecos Hank always said that once you see the clear slot and the surging RFD start to march around the occluded gust front it's usually showtime. He showed how it can conceal a rapidly forming Tornado 🌪️ in seconds and that it's extremely dangerous because unwitting people that drive through it may have no idea they're headed straight towards a powerful rain wrapped tornado on the other side. And if your positioned in front of the storm as it usually travels north-east always be careful not to get too wrapped up in the wall cloud action and be sure to do several "stupid checks" to the right hand side to ensure you don't get pelted by a complimentary *anticyclonic funnel.* Apparently some novice chasers get caught off guard by these vortices, and it's one of the most forgotten about and overlooked risks.
Absolutely fascinating and learning about exactly how these storms work and how complex they are is amazing. Just how everything has to work together perfectly, and it does happen...year after year, is something else. Something humans have absolutely no control of, and throw in the element of sorta predictable luck While this video is helpful, no hard feelings here or offense, but I suggest working on presentation of this stuff. Like vocal tone. Make it sound a bit more exciting and have a more relatable tone. It's a lot harder to understand or really take in what you're saying when you're just speaking everything so monotone. Besides that, great info and appreciate it. I may just have to get into chasing myself one day! I've always been fascinated by storms.
Very good and informative video. I majored in atmospheric science, but never went into meteorology as a career. I have never lost my fascination for the atmosphere, however. Liked and subscribed.
I’ve recently taken an interest for these storms, I just wanted to know everything and this video helped me understand the structure of the storm way much better. The thing is tho, supercells are so massive, from 3 miles it already looks like you were right in the storm.
I subscribed and have a feeling I'm going to be bingeing your videos. Too many channels will be like, here's this or that part of the storm without actually pointing to it or showing us in some form. For people like myself that are trying to learn puts your channel above most others. Thanks! Edit: Not sure if it's possible but could you put the definition of some of the words you use up? For example, tropopause.. so we can get the definition while you're explaining rather than do what I'm about to do and pause the video and Google it then come back to the video
I really don’t usually comment on YT videos but I have to say this is one of the most well-explained and no-bullshit videos of severe weather I’ve ever seen. Keep doing videos like this, they are extremely informative and great to watch!
I really enjoyed your video. I've learn a lot watching all you storm spotters. I'm happy to see your inspiration and taking ur time explaning things for us. iv been fasinated by storms since i was young. I live in pa in the boonies. we rearly have Cyclones here. The last one we had was two or three years ago.f0 and it stayed still was a watter spout funnel in the vally on dry land. only a few seen it. We also had an F1 when I was very young in the 1990s possibly 98 or 99. From what I heard from a family it was a very strange one. Spinning in a clockwise Direction. blue through the Glenburn Mountain and went up 61 towards Mount Carmel.Keep up your good work. ur all my heros. thanks for the lesson. just subscribed. be safe and god bless.
I, too, am a weather chaser in Ohio...I’ve been studying these storms for over 50 years, and I’m still learning about them...excellent video and very informative!!!!! Xoxoxoxoxo keep em coming!!!!! Xoxoxoxoxo
Excellent video. Thanks for putting it together! Curious to learn more about the way the "cap" works at 1:45 would definitely check out that video if it's around.
Fascinating, watched several videos on this topic from educational channels and storm chasers but this one was the one that explained it the best. Have you considered an education career?
Great Job! really liked the overlays and supimposing images! Good description on understanding the hodagraph. Would like an in depth understanding of reading a hodagraph
I have since seen my first tornado. You can watch it here if your interested. ruclips.net/video/WN73st1HR18/видео.html
What would a mountain or a valley do if a tornado came through is there any difference when it hits a mountain or a valley? Does it do anything to the tornado?
Excellent video! You are definitely knowledgeable in meteorology and the processes of storm development. With your permission I would like to use this video at my next spotter training course. I hold them every April in conjunction with our local emergency management ISO9000 incident command and SAR training.
Go for it.
@@CeltonHenderson thank you
a legend was born
The overlay is such a HUGE HUGE HELP! These storms are so technical, making it really hard for those of us who look at the sky & say, "hey cool looking thunderstorm!". But when you add in the overlay, it instantly makes everything click! Best of luck & please keep making great content. 👍 💜
i agree, thank god for this video
For someone with a life-long fascination with tornadoes, this is by far the clearest & most complete explanation of how tornadoes form I've ever seen. Heard bits & pieces of what was discussed but never so vividly & easily understood as in this video.
Finally someone who was able to explain how thunderstorms form in way my poor brain could comprehend. The overlays on pictures and satellite was a brilliant strategy to help people understand what you were explaining. Thank you so much!
This is the problem with a lot of science teachers, and why most students have problems with science--they just don't break it down far enough so people with poor brains(just kidding) can understand it, then put it back together, then science becomes fun.
Oh hell yeah man! I have recently come back to rediscovering my old passion for weather and tornadoes and atmospheric sciences. I have been considering going back to school for it. Glad to find your channel, this was good content and you should definitely keep making more!
I flew for a Research and Hail Suppression program in Alberta in the summer of 1974. (Hailstop '74). I was flying missions to seed bases below the Weak Echo Region (as read from a ground based met radar station) and aided by visual recognition of inflow regions, shelf clouds, etc... The air was always laminar - and sometimes the biggest challenge was to remain in visual flight conditions BELOW the inflow region and not be drawn up into the cloud. I also flew 'top seeding' missions in the vicinity of 20 to 25,000 feet (using the outside air temp for clues) and dropped seeding canisters into the tops of rapidly growing turrets. Once again - always in smooth air. Meanwhile, a group of scientists on the project were flying updraft penetrations in a Cessna 414 fully equipped with cloud physics sampling equipment and airborne weather radar. It was a fascinating summer's job! All I learned about operating (safely!) around T-storms - and from my many conversations with the scientists on the project -provided a great base for my airline career that followed. Your explanations and photos reveal a much better understanding of Supercell dynamics than we had in 1974! This is great review and training aid. Thanks for sharing.
Very well done. It is very professional and taught me a couple of things about supercell components.
Good to hear.
I’ve seen people draw lines before over pictures of the clouds, however, having the top-down overlay showing the horizontal wind directions is super helpful, as is color coding them with your view of the clouds from a vertical perspective.
Random dude from Germany here. I LOVE extreme weather and one of my bucket list dreams is to witness a (preferably rural) tornado myself one day. I live in central Germany and in my village we did actually have an EF1 or possibly EF2 13 years back, but I wasn´t at home that day, but in the village next to home, wondering why the sky turned into an orange theatre full of hail. I wish I would´ve been home that day and it would´ve passed my home within 200m........ I´m always excited to check RUclips during the current tornado seasons each year and every year I ask myself how this extreme weather shapes and forms those beasts. This video was a really great answer to my question so thank you very very much :)
this video does a tremendous job creating connective tissue between video footage, a photograph, a data chart, radar map, and a satellite map - it really does a wonderful job synthesizing all these views into a more complete mental picture of the storm
Wow. This was simply excellent. I've been searching for something that could explain this subject for some time.
The way you superimposed the drawings of the parts of the supercell over different visual representations of the storm was especially helpful.
Just sorry it took me 2 years to find this.
But I do, by now, know who Skip Talbot is, so I've learned some sensible things along the way.
Really explained this well. I know next to nothing about meteorology but this made sense.
Glad to hear that cheaper by the thousand :)
@@CeltonHenderson I've been watching storm chasers on discovery plus and they throw out a lot of terms and I never understood what they were talking about. This helped a lot
@@murmaider2 awesome, if you have any more questions I’d be happy to answer them.
Wow that was the best explanation of a supercell I have ever watched. Fantastic job! Keep up the great work.
Very informative. Answered almost all the questions I had about tornado genesis and super cells relationship to their creation. A+
This video is, without a doubt, the best explanation of how and why a tornado forms that I have yet found. Really well done - great visuals, great video, great narration. Keep up with this - you have a gift for explanation.
Having watched many videos on tornadogenesis, I can say this is the best explanation of the general structure I've seen. I finally understand the flow of air and it makes sense. Thank you!
Extremely informative! Thank you for the details and the overlay. Thank you for drawing on the picture of that storm. All of it was GREAT. Now I absolutely know that I have seen at least 2 tornados and properly identified the hooks on radar images that spawn the tornados. I cannot thank you enough! I am confident that if I am driving and see these signs, I will know where NOT to run or drive.
The best breakdown of a storm I have seen yet. Well done. My place has taken two direct hits by tornadoes,1963 (the year before I was born), destroying the feed mill that was under construction, and 2008 taking half the machine shed and missing the feed mill by 25 yards. Also had countless funnel clouds pass over too.
Easily the best video I've seen to explain tornado formation; simple, clear, nice graphics and overlays. Well done 👏
This is the best description of how these storms form and function that I’ve seen to date. It’s like the missing piece of a puzzle. You’ve earned a subscription from me for this. Thanks
Ive followed and learned about US storms for several years on social media and this 9 min video has been brilliant in that its pieced together all the things that i regularly see from radar content , such as that provided by Ryan Hall Y'all , with on the ground footage from spotters and chasers alike.
What ive found most valuable on your video is the way you've overlayed what a hook echo looks like from the ground perspective... ive previously found it difficult to decipher the scale of radar to first person visual . Thankyou so much for this detailed , visual & highly informative information, its my missing piece in the supercell jigsaw :0)
Thanks! In the years since making this I’ve seen a lot more stuff while chasing and plan to make a better version of this video in the near future.
Loved how you overlaid the photo and elements of the storm together with the radar cross section with the storm elements. Helps connect the radar to visual cues
Friend, You really provided a great explanation with the overlays. I appreciate your work here and encourage your pursuit in weather and storms. You have certainly prepared yourself well thus far ! Keep up the good work !
I liked and subscribed !! Will keep listening and watching.
I am a General Class Ham Radio operator license N4TDM. As you no doubt know, many of us have associated interests in severe weather and it's aftermath. I hope in the future to play a helpful role in emergency comms upon my retirement from the Railroad soon.
Thanks again . Not many of you who strive to contribute to storm investigations and documentation provide an educational perspective to the public.
Thanks Again !
Simple and accurate, this presentation is one of a handful I consider as a legitimate prerequisite for those interested in accurately interpreting mesocyclone features and potential outcomes
I love that you turned all the tech-speak of the NOAA forecasters into these practical and real-world observations that we’ve all experienced with supercells and severe T’storms dozens of times. With the increase in range and frequency of severe weather events, it pays to know where the most dangerous areas like large hail, gust fronts, bow echoes, and tornadoes are most likely to be. As a sailor, I want to be as far away from damaging weather as possible. I appreciate it!
Between the overlays, radars, and positioning alongside explanations just a perfect educational video.
It’s getting a sequel soon ;)
@@CeltonHenderson looking forward to it. I was born in Louisville a couple of months after the 74 outbreak, was chasing storms on my bike before the movie Twister, and still take a couple of trips a year to do so. With children it's been tough the past 17 years to be able to go at the ideal moment but that would change very soon, but I have to admit your Florida to North Dakota trip is beyond impressive and dedicated.
I'm preparing teaching material for "Earth Science class" for our homeschool co-op next fall. Meteorology, astronomy, and geology are all hobbies of mine from childhood. I haven't studied them in decades. Your video is incredibly helpful! I feel much more confident now about teaching. I'll subscribe and checkout your other content. 👍🏻 Thank you for passing on your skills.
I am a meteorology/atmospheric sciences major as well! I stumbled upon this video trying to write an informative speech about the lifespan of a supercell and formation of a tornado. I want to write it in chronological order and it’s due tomorrow. If weather wasn’t my major I think this video would still be a great explanation of the processes through visuals of the storm and front diagrams of a supercell. Great job!
You laid the facts out nicely. I had a mental image of the downflow/upflow relationship that was incomplete. 👍🏻
Glad to hear it helped Jason
Good video. You explained supercells well for me, and I really liked it when you super-imposed data over the item on the screen. This helped me a lot in understanding it all.
I’m glad the video helped you out Kevin, I just released another video with supercells and tornadoes in it just a few minutes ago that talks a lot about this same stuff if it helps to see more examples.
This is by far the clearest, most straightforward explanation I've ever seen. Thanks!
Awesome job. I finally get an understanding between radar, graphs and the actual storm
Supercells are indeed the most advanced and sophisticated thunderstorms in addition to being the most powerful, majestic and dangerous. I know much of their complexity still eludes understanding. It's particularly fascinating how the mesocyclone pretty much drives the storm like a massive super powerful turbine. Being as fascinated as I am of them, if I were to go on a storm chase (maybe through a Twister Tour or something), it would be enough for me to see a Supercell or a few of them. Seeing a tornado would be a bonus. The core of my fascination have always been Supercells.
Thanks for doing this video.
My man, I am watching this in Kansas as a line of storms rolls in. This is the video I have always been looking for. Thank you very much for this great educational content.
That was the most informative version of "anatomy of a supercell" I've ever encountered. I really like the superimposed graph and illustrated symbols and labels on irl photos. Thank you.
That is the best, most simple and easy to understand description I’ve heard to date! Very very well done! May you intercept and be safe as you study and play.
Thank you, I’ve gone on to see quite a bit of cool storms and tornadoes since I made this video. A lot of which are currently in various stages of production for future videos.
Excellent video, thank you for the much need, clear view points, what to look out for and the meaning behind them.
We have been experiencing wild weather here in Ontario, so... its about time for me to learn more.
Don't be scared, be prepared they say😊
Thank you for sharing, keep up the great work,
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Bro, I’ve watched I dunno how many countless videos on tornado formation, explanations, the computer modeling videos on YT, & w/ every single one the only thing I learn is how little I know & understand.
That said, for some reason, your video made a lot of sense & I actually got some things out of it as well as gained a little understanding of what’s what in a mess of dark clouds & some direction in the formation of tornados.
I’ve never seen one, never been in around or anywhere close to one but have always been fascinated by them & maybe someday I’ll see one.
at 3:17 I see these all the time (NE Arkansas), was curious about it but never had a clue what was going on. Thanks for the break down. The graphics helped explain it.
I'm 52 years old and live in Oklahoma and have never had a thunder storm and tornado phases of structure so well explained!
This is the best explanation I could ever find for this weather phenomenon. Thanks for making it.
As a new GA pilot this explation is very helpful on what to look out for in these Texas skies. Keep up the Great work on putting stuff like this.👍🏻
I thànk you Celton for your most comprehensive and enthralling channel! I have a long standing fascination with the weather story that defines the world we ìnhabit. Ì am a long time subscriber of your channel. I welcome your illustrative graphics ,I have found them to be very useful in making sense of the weather..
Bro your videos are very detailed your a very talented narrator and how you explained every detail
Thank you for this! Succinct and great overlays. I can see the influence of Skip’s videos but… there’s just something about his voice that makes those 90 minute videos of his hard to watch. You have a great delivery voice.
If you’re ever thru Gainesville on your way north to chase those supercells, stop in and I’ll buy ya a beer.
Thanks for this, I've always wondered about these mysterious workings of the atmosphere, and have a much better understanding of supercells now. I drive a truck all over the USA and encounter many many storms
Glad I could help
It must be cool to see a lot of the country.
awesome vid, i learned something from this video, and keep up the good work, these are REALLY good videos, i don't mind waiting for videos of this quality
Thanks I really appreciate it. School and the enormous time it takes to edit these have conspired together to ensure my upload schedule sucks rn lol.
What an awesome description of classic supercell formation. Awesome job!!! I am sure you'll have a rewarding career in meteorology.
Celton, I’ve watched both this video and the Skip Talbot video you referred to at the end. You really do yourself a disservice by saying Skip’s explanations are way better than yours. That’s not to take away anything from Skip, because his channel is all around amazing, but this video is on par with his content. Your layman’s terms explanations coupled with the overlays you used make an incredibly complex subject easier to understand. You earned yourself a sub and I’m looking forward to more amazing content.
Thanks Casey, I left that in there partly because I learned a lot of what I know from him. I'll likely be making a part 2 of that video soon. I've learned a lot more and have gotten significantly better at editing videos since, so I feel its time to revisit it.
it is mind boggling to me as some1 that lives in a European Country with unrestricted highway speed limits how you guys dare travel that far with a maximum speed limit uf just about 137km/h (or 85mph) over such a ridiculously large landmass - the numbers are just crazy, 71h drive, 4756 miles (e.g. avg speeds of ~67mph), if anything shows true dedication, it's exactly that. insanely informative video, the overlay is absolutely great. I'd wish for a small compass overlay whenever the car is moving and maybe a small transparent map in case you intend to put such footage to an even more detailed and informative use in the near future. great stuff, keep it up! good luck and safe travels out there!
Thank you so much for the overlay in both real life and the radar. For some reason my brain struggles with understanding the 3D geometry happening when tornados "stand-up" from horizontal to vertical. Mapping out the parts of the storm like that helps me a lot!
Wow I’ve been watching chasers and radar for three years now and this is by far best I’ve seen explanation 😊
the minecraft tornado caught me so off guard 😭 wonderful video
Very concise, and well presented overview. I appreciate you taking the time to do this. I liked and subscribed. Thanks man
Thanks for this! Just that overlay alone was very informative as I, as a new, novice weather enthusiast had no idea what I was looking at. The more detail the better for me. ALSO, I live right below Sanford in Oviedo/Winter Springs! I'm waiting for some more severe weather to come through FL as we've really only seen the usual air mass thunderstorms as of late with very little, if any rotation. I would love to go out locally and see some MCS. But, I honestly dont know enough yet to confidently do it safely in the event that it were to drop a tornado. I've learned a lot recently, but I'm not stupid enough to just hop in my truck and go tornado chasing without enough knowledge to do it safely or preferably with someone that is much more experienced.
Either way, thanks for the video and I def subscribed and hope to learn much more from you!
Great video dude, thanks for sharing. I'm really into severe weather as well, it amazes me every time.
I share your video anytime someone asks about hook echos or basically anything about supercells, very informative video, very well done.
I’m glad it could help Forrest B.
Straight line winds tore up our town a few yrs back (suburb of Rochester, NY). The highest gust was almost 90 mph. I know, not as powerful as some tornados and hurricanes, or derechos (sp?) but daaaaamn.....I Iost power for a week. That was a storm I only want to experience once in my life.....
Great video though! I'm totally into weather stuff!
Wow, yeah 90mph straight line winds can be seriously destructive, more so then some tornadoes and hurricanes.
I too, am a devoted follower of skip Talbots’…his videos are virtually priceless….very good one here too!!!
Good job sir. Yes, Skip's video is amazing, but i think you added something to it. Keep doing what you're doing
I never would’ve thought that the “horseshoe section of clouds that has no rainfall” would be the most dangerous area to be in. It looks like it’s the only safe place because of the sun light!
Celton, great video...I live in West Central IL and know a lot about tornadoes as our part of the state gets its share of supercells every year. Your video was extremely helpful in covering the dynamics with my friend in Southern California of what it takes to get a tornado to form! Extremely complicated dynamics covered very well in your video!!! Many thanks!!! Happy chasing. By the way we had an F3 tornado last year on April 4, 2023 in my hometown of Lewistown, IL where 5 storm chasers were caught inside the bear cage and were lucky enough to survive a direct hit by the F3 giant: mesocyclone measured approx. 5 mile wide, violent tornado cyclone 2 mile, tornado .5 mile...violent!!! Again, many thanks for a very concise and easy to understand learning video!!! 🙂
That was a great trip and can't wait for the next one.
Awesome video man, like others have said, this really helps to visualize the storm structure from ground level. Thanks a lot 😁⛈️🌀🌪️
This is such a wonderful, simple, but understandable explanation!
I just found this and thank you. This will help when I am tracking storms on Radar Omega. I hope your career is going well.
I wish someone would have explained this so well for me, took me years to understand, and this made me understand in a new way.
Thank u for uploading this.
I'm from India and i love everything about weather. I mostly love severe weather.
I wanted to study meteorology or atmospheric science, but here in india it is not considered as great career choice since it has less job opportunities and also i didn't knew about how to build career in this field, so i had to choose Engineering (Electronics and Telecom) like everyone else in india..!!
In your country, it is like community of storm chasers and weather of your country is very diverse, u guys can experience, hurricanes, tornados, derecho.. i realy want to study weather and to chase storms..
*Keep doing this*
Yeah...I hear you. I wanted to be a heavy metal guitarist but it wouldn't have been a sustainable career choice in the long run (and many of my friends who play in metal bands have other day jobs anyway) so I ended up reading Medicine at University and doing my speciality. It was great to do that but at times I used to wonder about what would have happened had I pursued a music career. I now play guitar for fun and as a hobby.
It is kind of sad though that we want to do something but it turns out to be an unsustainable career choice.
I have always been fascinated by storms though and hope to see them someday.
When I was young I spotted mesocyclones in Eastern india 🇮🇳 and seen tornadoes do occur in india specially in Bangladesh 🇧🇩and Assam typically in April May and October
Well explained. Compared to other videos trying to explain a complex topic you gave the most clear explanations
This was an excellent discussion that clarified some key terms for me. Thank you.
Your video is very well put together making it simple and easy to understand the overlay images was a great idea thank you from Ireland 👍🇮🇪
Thanks for this. I am a pilot, have studied meteorology for years...and have never understood how a tornado forms. This helped.
as a meteorology student at FGCU this video was super helpful for studying! thank you so much!!!
This is brilliant. I can see how cyclonic windshear can craft and shape all this various vorticity 🌀 I understood absolutely all of your labels, explanations and diagrams as everything was so well presented and crystal clear. So thank you so much!! 😁 Pecos Hank always said that once you see the clear slot and the surging RFD start to march around the occluded gust front it's usually showtime.
He showed how it can conceal a rapidly forming Tornado 🌪️ in seconds and that it's extremely dangerous because unwitting people that drive through it may have no idea they're headed straight towards a powerful rain wrapped tornado on the other side. And if your positioned in front of the storm as it usually travels north-east always be careful not to get too wrapped up in the wall cloud action and be sure to do several "stupid checks" to the right hand side to ensure you don't get pelted by a complimentary *anticyclonic funnel.*
Apparently some novice chasers get caught off guard by these vortices, and it's one of the most forgotten about and overlooked risks.
Absolutely fascinating and learning about exactly how these storms work and how complex they are is amazing. Just how everything has to work together perfectly, and it does happen...year after year, is something else. Something humans have absolutely no control of, and throw in the element of sorta predictable luck
While this video is helpful, no hard feelings here or offense, but I suggest working on presentation of this stuff. Like vocal tone. Make it sound a bit more exciting and have a more relatable tone. It's a lot harder to understand or really take in what you're saying when you're just speaking everything so monotone. Besides that, great info and appreciate it. I may just have to get into chasing myself one day! I've always been fascinated by storms.
This was easily the most helpful video I’ve ever watched
Very good and informative video. I majored in atmospheric science, but never went into meteorology as a career. I have never lost my fascination for the atmosphere, however. Liked and subscribed.
I’ve recently taken an interest for these storms, I just wanted to know everything and this video helped me understand the structure of the storm way much better. The thing is tho, supercells are so massive, from 3 miles it already looks like you were right in the storm.
great educational video of the basics.... Thank You !! I am a spotter for the Weather service here in Central AR.
What a great video! Short and to the point. Great job
I subscribed and have a feeling I'm going to be bingeing your videos. Too many channels will be like, here's this or that part of the storm without actually pointing to it or showing us in some form. For people like myself that are trying to learn puts your channel above most others. Thanks!
Edit: Not sure if it's possible but could you put the definition of some of the words you use up? For example, tropopause.. so we can get the definition while you're explaining rather than do what I'm about to do and pause the video and Google it then come back to the video
I really don’t usually comment on YT videos but I have to say this is one of the most well-explained and no-bullshit videos of severe weather I’ve ever seen. Keep doing videos like this, they are extremely informative and great to watch!
Thanks man I really appreciate it. Trust me I get annoyed by garbage storm videos as well.
I really enjoyed your video. I've learn a lot watching all you storm spotters. I'm happy to see your inspiration and taking ur time explaning things for us. iv been fasinated by storms since i was young. I live in pa in the boonies. we rearly have Cyclones here. The last one we had was two or three years ago.f0 and it stayed still was a watter spout funnel in the vally on dry land. only a few seen it. We also had an F1 when I was very young in the 1990s possibly 98 or 99. From what I heard from a family it was a very strange one. Spinning in a clockwise Direction. blue through the Glenburn Mountain and went up 61 towards Mount Carmel.Keep up your good work. ur all my heros. thanks for the lesson. just subscribed. be safe and god bless.
Very informative, exactly what I was looking for.
Really great info. Severe weather by a Minecraft player, yes please. Subscribed.
Thank you for simplifying a very complex subject.
I, too, am a weather chaser in Ohio...I’ve been studying these storms for over 50 years, and I’m still learning about them...excellent video and very informative!!!!! Xoxoxoxoxo keep em coming!!!!! Xoxoxoxoxo
Very well done. Informative and fun to watch. Keep up the great work and stay safe out there!
it's amazing how quickly they develop. I'm from the NE, so we only get small, quick storms in the summertime and nothing like this.
Very clear and concise explanation! I expected this video to have over a million views!
Excellent video. Thanks for putting it together!
Curious to learn more about the way the "cap" works at 1:45 would definitely check out that video if it's around.
Thanks Greg. Sure thing, I’ll definitely be making an update video to this one in the near future once my classes end for the semester.
Good job !! Be safe and enjoy your career, Your work is always appreciated !
Thank you! Will do!
Excellent tutorial on how to read a supercell! Good luck on your studies.
This is sooooo good. Very helpful yet simple graphics.
An excellent video, especially the overlays. Thanks!
Fascinating, watched several videos on this topic from educational channels and storm chasers but this one was the one that explained it the best. Have you considered an education career?
As a meteorologist nerd I appreciate and value your life
Great presentation. Your dedication to your work is excellent
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Great Job! really liked the overlays and supimposing images! Good description on understanding the hodagraph. Would like an in depth understanding of reading a hodagraph
your video taught me more than my entire first semester at university (im majoring in meteorology) thank u so much
I'm glad it helped you Sabrina.