How to Know When Hook Echoes Are Dangerous
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Before I started storm chasing, I would obsessively watch radar across the country via my dial-up internet in my allotted time on the family computer.
No, I did NOT mean to make myself sound old.
When I would watch storms develop over the country, I’d notice some had these ‘hook’ shaped appendages on their backside, and others would just have appendages. I learned these were called ‘hook echoes’ and they may indicate a storm is gearing up to produce a tornado, but not always.
This video I created is dedicated to my younger self, who would’ve loved to have learned about this in-depth:
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