Explain how wind shear is instrumental in causing tornadoes
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Usually in the United States, low-level winds during tornadic days come from the southerly quadrant. Upper winds are much stronger and come from the southwest. So, this effect is wind shear in the horizontal and vertical directions. Wind shear causes a near surface tumbling of wind on a horizontal axis. As a thunderstorm grows, this tumbling translates to the vertical axis and becomes a spin that is the mesocyclone dropping a tornado.
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