Tornado Or Dontnodo

[Paul Sherman]

Upon looking at the BBC Points West adamantly stating that todays Rainshaft was a Waterspout I thought I would post up 15 Pictures just to see how easy is it for people to be tricked or make mistakes when spotting certain features within Storms or Dynamic Rainfall like todays.

Try not to Cheat and try to track down the pictures to Reports as that would defeat the Object of this - Just take a look at the picture and make an instant judgement and say yes or no.

So the 15 Pictures - How many are Tornadoes and how many are not

- Number 1

- Number 2

- Number 3

- Number 4

- Number 5

- Number 6

- Number 7

- Number 8

- Number 9

- Number 10

- Number 11

- Number 12

- Number 13

- Number 14

- Number 15

Will reveal Answers Tomorrow night

Paul S

[maidstone weather]

My guess

1 No

2 No

3 No

4 Yes

5 Yes

6 No

7 Yes

8 Yes

9 No (looks surprisingly familiar - was it taken in/near Maidstone a few years back on a summer's evening? )

10 Yes

11 Yes

12 Yes

13 No

14 No

15 No

[Paul Sherman]

Thats the spirit MW, Just look at the pictures and reply str8 away, no researching just what you feel.

Answers tomorrow Night!!

Haha

Paul S

[Will storm]

1.no

2.no

3.yes

4.no

5.yes

6.no

7.yes

8.no

9.no

10.yes

11.no

12.no

13.no

14.no

15.no

[Harry]

Some of those were bloody difficult, didnt recognise any (bar one I think)

Here's my go at it...

1. no

2. no

3. yes

4. yes

5. yes

6. no

7. yes

8. no (more gustnado/dustdevil)

9. no

10. yes

11. yes

12. yes

13. no

14. yes

15. no

Reading back, many conflicting answers!

Edited July 29, 2009 by Harry

[Paul Sherman]

LOL

Good game is This

Keep the entries coming

Paul S

[chionomaniac]

LOL

Good game is This

Keep the entries coming

Paul S

Worth a go (with no researching like I did to get two entries into last years draw!) I assume that is the prize again Paul!!!!

1.No

2.No

3. Yes

4. Yes

5. Yes

6. No

7. Yes

8. No (Gustnado?)

9. Probably but difficult to tell with quality of pic

10. Yes

11.yes

12.No

13.No

14.No

15.No.

I hope I haven't embarrassed myself!

[Phil UK]

Thank you Shermy. Good way of determining the fact or fallacy that is a visible tornado.

So my answers are...

1. Nope, rainshaft but also looks like a microburst.

2. Yep. Tornado.

3. Nope.

4. Yep.

5. Yep.

6. Nope.

7. Yep. (Unless doctored?)

8. Nope, or is it?? Agree with Harry that it has the characteristics of a dust devil which in theory is a tornado.

9. Yep.

10. Yep.

11. Nope.

12. Nope.

13. Nope, looks like scud.

14. Nope.

15. Possible hidden behind a rain shaft. I'll go yep on this one.

Phil.

[03jtrickey]

1 - no

2 - no

3 - yes

4 - no

5 - yes

6 - no

7- looks fake so no

8 - no

9 - yes

10 - yes

11 - not sure quite what I'm looking at. No.

12 - no

13 - no

14 - no

15 - yes

[Paul Sherman]

Just to let you know all Images are Real and none are doctored.

Hope that helps

Paul S

[sunnijim]

1 No

2 No

3 Yes

4 No

5 No

6 No

7 Yes

8 No

9 Yes

10 No

11 Yes

12 No

13 No

14 Yes

15 No

[Gorky]

1. No

2. No

3. Yes

4. No

5. Yes

6. No

7. Yes

8. No

9. No

10. Yes

11. No

12. Yes (Can't se the base here but it looks like a fairly nice distinct wall cloud. Whilst I think there may well be a Tor here, I probably wouldn't call it in until I visually confirmed the base )

13. No

14. No (LooksScuddish to me... but I'd need to see video to see if it was rotating or not... 50/50 but I'll say no)

15. Yes (This one is 50/50 for me also. It does look like some shots of HP wedge Tornadoes I've seen before so I'll giev it the benefit of the doubt)

Edited July 29, 2009 by Gorky

[Muffelchen]

OK my pop at this:

1: Yes

2: No

3: No

4: Yes

5: Yes

6: No

7: Yes

8: Yes

9: No

10: Yes

11: Yes

12: Yes

13: No

14:No

15:No

This is fun, we should do this sort of thing more often on these long Winter (oops!) nights

[kold weather]

Ok my punt:

1: yes (embedded in the rainshaft, looks like a funnel also on the right)

2: no

3: yes

4: yes

5: yes

6: no (such a tough one, got beavers tail and what looks to be supercell structure, but not very defined.

7: yes

8: no

9: no

10: yes

11: no

12: yes

13: no (another toughie that one!)

14: no

15: no

[Ross B]

My shameful attempt...

1) Yes

2) No (A lot of scud or something?)

3) Yes (Very difficult but I’d say so)

4) Yes – Don’t see what other reason a picture from a traffic cam would be saved for hehe

5) Yes

6) Yes

7) Yep

Negative – Landspout

9) No – Impossible to tell, so I’ll say no for that reason

10) Ye

11)No – Guess!

12) Yes

13) No

14) No- Would of thought it would kick up white/red dust

15) Yes – Either a beast of a nado or rain, no idea really!

[Methuselah]

Here you go, Paul - my bbq summer:

1-6 no, 7 yes, 8-9 no, 10-11 yes, 12-15 no.

[dogs32]

1,3,4,5,7,8,11,12,14,15

all twister's my guess

the first one is very tricky...

Im on a 10'' laptop so very hard to tell if that's a rain shaft

Edited July 30, 2009 by dogs32

[dogs32]

harder than it looks

[Paul Sherman]

Any more Takers b4 I reveal all tonight

As of 1pm No-Body has 100% correct, so as Dogs says it is harder than it looks.

Paul S

[NL]

Just goes to show how many reported tornadoes end up being discounted as its so easy to be mistaken. Could have started with some easy ones first Mr Sherman..!!

Oh well here goes...this is gonna be embarrassing.......

1. Yes, embedded.

2. No, but possibly roping out???

3. No.

4. Yes, or maybe its Ian Cameron having a barb-e-que..!!

5. No.

6. No, but i think there maybe a funnel.

7. Yes, just dodgy low res camera, taken from a 'still' is my guess.

8. No, dustnado..!!

9. No, dont know what that is.. looks to thin to be a rain/hail shaft.

10. Yes.

11. No.

12. Yes

13. No.

14. No.

15. Yes another 'rain-wrapped'....

Jeez they were difficult...

[Paul]

1. No

2. No

3. No

4. No

5. No

6. No

7. No (fake?!)

8. No

9. No

10. No

11. No

12. No

13. No

14. No

15. No

[chionomaniac]

He wouldn't, couldn't have put all duds in, surely not?

Paul S, has anyone got all the answers correct now?

[Paul Sherman]

No

Still no-one at 100% as yet Chino!

Paul S

[maidstone weather]

No

Still no-one at 100% as yet Chino!

Paul S

was my hunch about pic 9 right? Do you know when and where the pics were taken?

[Phil UK]

LOL @ Paul M's 15 'No!' answers.

I think they could all be 'Yes' Even No.8 which is and I'm 99.9% sure is and dust or land devil, theoretically a tornado but on a lesser damaging scale. Having seen one myself a few years ago when sitting outside, hot and sunny day with not a cloud in the sky, then... Sun lounger out, later there was a massive gust and the sun lounger mattress flew about 20ft and even upended the steel support frame below it.

Thankfully, it was unoccupied at the time. But in my conclusion, that must have been a weak land devil.

And Shermy, what time do you plan to announce the results tonight? Off out for my younger Brother's 36th Birthday drink so won't know until tomorrow morning at the earliest.

Regards.

Phil.