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Weather Words: Mesovortex

Hidden within the chaos of a powerful storm, tiny spinning forces known as mesovortices can add another layer to the destructive weather already playing out. A mesovortex is a small, intense whirl of ...
On December 31, 2017, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of a strong band of lake-effect snow moving across Lake Michigan. The snow ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hidden within the chaos of a powerful storm, tiny spinning forces known as mesovortices can add another layer to the destructive ...