Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tornadogenesis

Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 18:03:57 (UTC)

Original – A Doppler on Wheels radar observation of tornadogenesis in an EF2 tornado in Goshen County, Wyoming. Although the caption doesn't directly call it an EF2 tornado, this paired with this confirm it.

Reason: High EV, while it may be a little hard to understand what's happening at first, it is an invaluable asset of tornado research. Probably the best animated GIF showing the entire cycle of a tornado's life. An image of tornado itself can be found here. This Doppler image of the horrific 2011 Joplin tornado also is of high quality and EV, although this image fits better as it is a GIF.
Articles in which this image appears: Mobile radar observation of tornadoes, History of tornado research, Tornado, Eye (cyclone), Radius of maximum wind, VORTEX projects
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator: VORTEX2 Team (technically Joshua Wurman, since he developed the software)

Support as nominator – MemeGod _chat 18:03, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Agree about EV, it illustrates the concept well, and in a way the usual photographs of tornadoes don't. Moonreach (talk) 18:09, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:17, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]