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Tornado captured on film in Siberia

By The Siberian Times reporter
18 May 2015

Driver records footage of strange funnel on dash cam.

Novosibirsk resident Dmitry Bryukhov was driving along a road in a clear sunny day when the strange funnel appeared beside him.  Picture: Dmitry Bryukhov

Footage of a mini tornado captured on a car dash cam in Siberia has gone viral on the Internet. Novosibirsk resident Dmitry Bryukhov was driving along a road in a clear sunny day when the strange funnel appeared beside him.

Uploading the video to his page on the Russian social media site Vkontakte, it has impressed local people although meteorologists have cast doubt on whether it is a read tornado.

According to Anna Lapchik, the head of the Hydrometeorological Centre of Novosibirsk, there needs to be a sudden weather change to form a tornado, including differences in the atmospheric pressure and temperature. This is accompanied by a hurricane wind.

Tornado in Novosibirsk


Tornado in Novosibirsk


Tornado in Novosibirsk


Tornado in Novosibirsk

'Meteorologists do not believe the video and do not want to admit the obvious fact, how can they predict weather?'  Picture: Dmitry Bryukhov

Instead she suggested it appeared more like a dust storm.

She said: 'We did not even have a strong wind that day. That is, there were not conditions for such a phenomenon, for a tornado.'

But residents in Novosibirsk have criticised the weather experts, with one person writing online: 'Meteorologists do not believe the video and do not want to admit the obvious fact, how can they predict weather?' 

Comments (1)

It looks like something evaporating (geezer type) from the ground; maybe the making of another one of those mysterious holes that have been appearing in Siberia? Re; volcano, the weather man/woman is probably 100% right.
Jaker, Dundalk
21/05/2015 09:18
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