The Mesocyclone - Alien Storms

Time lapse compilation of best mesocyclones and supercells resembling flying saucers, alien crafts and motherships. COPYRIGHT PECOS HANK 2023 NOT FOR REBROADCAST To license video contact hankschyma@ SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL WHAT IS A MESOCYCLONE? The engine of the strongest and most dangerous thunderstorms and the bringer of the most intense tornadoes on Earth is the mesocyclone. When a thunderstorm develops in an atmosphere with strong changes of wind speed and/or direction with height, the updraft may twist and rotate as a vertical column becoming a mesocyclone. The effects of this mesocyclone on storm clouds can appear otherworldly with wind sculpted structures resembling flying saucers, alien crafts hovering below the storm base or invading motherships casting ominous shadows. The presence of a mesocyclone can enable a thunderstorm to persist for hours as a supercell. Technically, “mesocyclone“ is a term used for