🌪️ What is the Rear-Flank Downdraft and How Does It Help Tornadoes Form? 🌩️ The rear-flank downdraft (RFD) is a critical player in tornado formation within supercells. It’s a powerful downdraft of rain-cooled air that wraps around the backside of the storm’s rotating updraft. This downdraft is driven by the interaction between precipitation and strong winds within the storm, creating a surge of air that descends and spreads out along the ground. When the RFD reaches the surface, it interacts w
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Some storm science for you: Here is a textbook surge of the rear-flank downdraft which oftentimes (but not always) precedes tornado formation. This process can happen without a tornado forming as well. That horseshoe cut that forms is a telltale sign the storm is trying to wrap up as tight as possible, and you shoud always look on the northern end for the cyclonic rotation and possible tornado. | Tornado Titans - Weather and Storm Chasing
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