Switzerland is located in a westerly to southwesterly upper! air flow and moist air will reach the Alpine region over the weekend. As the cold front approaches, the instability of the air mass increases and the ingredients for strong thunderstorms are present, especially on Sunday. You can read more about thunderstorms and how they form on our homepage using the following links.
Thunderstorm
How do thunderstorms form?
Thunderstorm and lightning frequency in Switzerland
In this blog, we’re not going to focus on the weather outside, but on the storm in a teacup (or in a PET bottle). We’re going to make a tornado!
A little reminder of the blogger’s stay abroad
The PET tornado served as inspiration for this blog (Photo: D.Roth)
Note: No tornadoes are expected in Switzerland this weekend . The thunderstorms expected this weekend will mainly involve heavy rain, small hail and gusty winds.
Ingredients list: What you need
You don’t need much to make a tornado in a glass of water: a mason jar, dishwashing liquid and optionally some glitter or paint.
The color or glitter is not absolutely necessary. cameroon mobile database Depending on the detergent, the tornado can be more or less visible. (Photo: D.Roth)
Fill the jar with water, add a little detergent (glitter, paint) and screw the lid on tightly. Now turn the jar quickly in a circle a few times and voilà, a small foam tornado has formed. Note: Not every detergent is suitable (not enough foam is produced).
Tornado in the PET bottle
For another type of tornado, you need two PET bottles. Use glue (make sure it is PET or plastic glue) to glue the two bottle caps together and use a drill to drill a hole (approx. 0.5-1 cm) through both caps. Fill one get wp rocket for free bottle with water and screw the two bottles together using the glued caps.
Most people probably already have two bottles at home. 1 or 1.5 liter agent email list bottles are suitable. It is a little more difficult to have the right glue in stock. (Photo: D.Roth)
To create the tornado, turn the bottle construction over so that the water can flow into the bottom bottle. While doing this, swing the bottles vigorously in a circle and a vortex is created that looks like a tornado.