So I was watching the cinematic masterpiece that is "Twister" and it got me thinking. I grew up inside the boundary of tornado alley, and I'm well accustomed to tornado warnings on a regular basis and the like. But something about that otherwise stellar film bothered me.
The final tornado scene is in broad daylight. Now, this very well could be a simple matter of them wanting to be able to shoot the scene in the easiest fashion possible. But... in my entire life in the Midwest I can only remember one daytime tornado warning, and it didn't really amount to anything. In fact, we rarely if ever got severe weather during the daylight.
Is there some atmospheric thing that I'm not aware of that takes place at or after dusk making conditions more ripe for tornadic activity, or did I just live in a perfect location for storms to arrive across the plains at exactly sunset?
I know that tornados have occurred during the day before - but it seems to me that evening/night tornados are far more common.
Can a meteorologist weigh in?
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Nov-25-2008 03:54
nchs09
Traceaddict in training
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Inside your mum
We get tornados during the day time here in Georgia..
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Nov-25-2008 03:58
BTG
Ez skinz ez lyfe
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Milton ON
Tornadoes are made out of wind.
Nov-25-2008 03:59
iammesol
Burnt out and grown up
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Atlanta, USA
quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
We get tornados during the day time here in Georgia..
Nov-25-2008 03:59
Lebezniatnikov
Stupidity Annoys Me
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: DC
quote:
Originally posted by BTG
Tornadoes are made out of wind.
HOLY SHIT.
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Nov-25-2008 04:30
Paradox Lost
In This Twilight
Registered: Aug 2007
Location: San Francisco
Re: FAO: Will or Nut
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
So I was watching the cinematic masterpiece that is "Twister"
Hey, were you watching it on TNT (or TBS) over the weekend, too?
Nov-25-2008 04:31
Frenchie
life in technocolor
Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Intergalactic Planetary
Re: Re: FAO: Will or Nut
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Originally posted by Paradox Lost
Hey, were you watching it on TNT (or TBS) over the weekend, too?
HA! I was going to ask that, too. I did!
Nov-25-2008 04:39
Lebezniatnikov
Stupidity Annoys Me
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: DC
Re: Re: FAO: Will or Nut
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Originally posted by Paradox Lost
Hey, were you watching it on TNT (or TBS) over the weekend, too?
I think I caught it twice! hehe.
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Nov-25-2008 04:40
Paradox Lost
In This Twilight
Registered: Aug 2007
Location: San Francisco
Re: Re: Re: FAO: Will or Nut
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Originally posted by Frenchie
HA! I was going to ask that, too. I did!
I forgot that Philip Seymour Hoffman was in that!
That was before he got cool.
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
I think I caught it twice! hehe.
They aired it two weeks in a row, but I forgot if they did the usual "I know, let's play it back to back."
Conveniently eats up about five hours, eh?
Nov-25-2008 04:42
Lebezniatnikov
Stupidity Annoys Me
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: DC
Re: Re: Re: Re: FAO: Will or Nut
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Originally posted by Paradox Lost
I forgot that Philip Seymour Hoffman was in that!
That was before he got cool.
Seriously, he was such a nerd in that movie. And lol @ them blasting Van Halen - Humans Being like five times over the course of the film.
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Nov-25-2008 04:44
Paradox Lost
In This Twilight
Registered: Aug 2007
Location: San Francisco
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: FAO: Will or Nut
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Seriously, he was such a nerd in that movie. And lol @ them blasting Van Halen - Humans Being like five times over the course of the film.
...and "Respect The Wind" during the end credits. Sure, it's a nice piece of music, but you just know Van Halen had his eyes tightly shut, cringing his face, gritting his teeth, throwing his head back, and clutching his guitar while playing it.
I love the mid 90's.
Nov-25-2008 04:47
Sunsnail
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Registered: Sep 2004
Location:
I just got my master's in meteorology last year, so I can weigh in on this a bit. Tornadoes are made of wind
