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Region. four waterspouts came down at the same time. there it goes. you can see them on the top of your screen. some have touched down, several beginning to form. incredible perspective across the area. show you signatures of thifican. warm air rises up to the cloud top. a tornado happens from the cloud toward the surface. if you bring a spout over land, it is officially designated as a tornado. this didn't happen. seven waterspouts reported in a 24-hour period. europe density of tornadoes is across parts of the uk but only eight tornados per year touched down. greece. that's an average compar...

Thunderstorm doesn't look like much but we're going to capture this image and give you a better idea. this is a super cell thunderstorm. we believe is about 53 maybe 55,000 feet. they're flying at 32. this is about 300 miles as the crows fly, for international viewers, about 490 kilometers from surabaya to where we lost contact. not sure we do know that of course they mentioned the pilot mentioned whether issues -- weather issues. possible turbulence. where you have the higher cloud top, there's an upsurge in the movement of the air mass. if you hit clear air, you can get icing and downdrafts ...

Pattern that recurs from generation to generation? >> well, first of all this was not the biggest, probably typhoon tip from 1979 was the biggest in terms of sheer size and the lowest pressure in the center of the storm. this one was probably up near the top for the highest peak wind speeds. they really don't know because we have suspended the flights of the aircraft, the reconnaissance aircraft into typhoons years ago. so their existence is just based on cloud top temperatures. which are reasonably accurate for this type of storm. but i believe there will be a debate on how strong exactly thi...

Is it really getting worse or is this a predictable weather pattern that recurs from generation to generation? >> well, first of all this was not the biggest, probably typhoon tip from 1979 was the biggest in terms of sheer size and the lowest pressure in the center of the storm. this one was probably up near the top for the highest peak wind speeds. they really don't know because we have suspended the flights of the aircraft, the reconnaissance aircraft into typhoons years ago. so their existence is just based on cloud top temperatures. which are reasonably accurate for this type of storm. bu...

It's not a hurricane and the worst is not likely to happen. but the reality is these things are unexpected. and somebody's got to be on top of it to make sure we know what's going to happen. what's your prognosis? >> if it would move into brownsville, texas, corpus christi, this is not an issue. this storm doesn't even show up on the radar. this is off the radar literally. >> right. >> but because it is going to take itself right over the oil disaster, that's why this became such a story. just because it's moving over south florida now -- there was a lot of purple right there. now that purple ...