Nearly thirty years after its release, the movie Twister continues to be a influential favorite of many meteorologists and storm chasers. In celebration of its timelessness and the recent release of its sister film, Twisters, we'll take a deep dive into the meteorology behind the original movie. We'll discuss what's accurate, what's not so accurate, and define some of the advanced meteorological terms used in the movie. We'll also use the context clues sprinkled throughout the movie to attempt to reconstruct the background environment that spawned such a prolific fictional outbreak.



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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
1:32 Breakdown of the meteorology used in the movie
18:17 Recreating the background environment
27:36 Wrapup



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