That's a mid-latitude cyclone. However, a mesocyclone is actually part of a supercell, and it's around two to six miles in diameter, which is a huge difference from the 900 to 3000 miles in ...

A colossal storm cloud swept through Sorocaba, São Paulo, on Wednesday, leaving locals stunned by its dramatic and foreboding ...

Although each storm is different, the meso is usually found in the right rear flank of the supercell and is typically 2-6 miles wide. Technically, the mesocyclone is defined as the radar signature ...

The most destructive and deadly tornados occur in supercells – rotating thunderstorms with a well-defined circulation called a mesocyclone. Collection and processing of in situ data pertaining to ...

Ten of them resulted from the same supercell storm and mesocyclone (a rotating updraft). It is common for large tornadoes in the Great Plains to have several smaller whirls called suction vortices ...