fortunately, it was not a dangerous Tornado, but "only" a "funnel cloud" that was swirling on Tuesday about Schwabsoien. Fascinating spectacle of nature was all.

Schwabsoien - A Mini-Tornado about Schwabsoien – the reader Reinhold Schilcher thought and pressed on Tuesday night against 18.40 immediately on the shutter. But luckily, no wind stopper pants over the Oberland.

In the case of the unusual cloud formation, it is likely to be a "funnel cloud", according to the German weather service (DWD) in Offenbach. "This is a precursor of a tornado," said DWD tornado officer Andreas Friedrich. The Rotation of the funnel cloud about a vertical axis is not touched-namely, the ground.

weather service: funnel cloud is the precursor of a tornado

For the development it needs, especially wind shear with alternating directions and speeds. In addition, the air must be very humid and the clouds low, the skilled in the art. At the time, according to the DWD, no rain, showers or Thunderstorms, but there was a strong wind. Such a "funnel clouds" occur, according to Friedrich more common than tornadoes, and to solve quickly, without touching the ground. "20 to 60" tornadoes were annually detected in Germany, the dark figure was higher.

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