futurebird ,
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Most tornados are right handed, but some are sinister. Most anti cyclonic vortices are paired with a cyclonic vortex.

If you have multiple tornados in a line they would need to alternate to be that close together.

Long and short of it is that a "sinister tornado" is one that is spinning backwards.

WmShakesp3are ,
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@futurebird the word “sinister” is etymologically derived from “left” if I remember my semantics correctly.

llewelly ,
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@futurebird

a great pun, but from what I understand, in most cases it is still infeasible to tell if a tornado is clockwise or counter-clockwise, and the relatively small number of cases in which it can be determined, it isn't clear whether they follow the rule for larger cyclonic systems, that is, counter-clockwise is normal in the northern hemisphere, clockwise is normal in the southern hemisphere. If you know differently, I am interested in a link.

max ,
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@futurebird why are most tornadoes right handed? Is that true in both hemispheres?

futurebird OP ,
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@max

I don't know, I'm still learning about this.

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