Have you ever wondered what makes one storm produce a tornado while another just fizzles out? It often comes down to a phenomenon called the Rear-Flank Downdraft, or RFD. 🌪️ Think of the RFD as the storm's 'engine room' at the surface. It's a localized area of descending air that wraps around the back of the storm's rotating updraft (the mesocyclone). As the updraft pulls warm, moist air upward, precipitation like rain and hail starts to fall. High-level winds push this precipitation toward the
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