It was a crazy weather weekend in the Queen Creek and San Tan Valley areas that may have cancelled the Queen Creek Trunk or Treat event Saturday night, but made for some amazing photos captured by our readers on Sunday, Oct. 16.
These are photos of a landspout, a term created by atmospheric scientist Howard B. Bluestein in 1985 for a kind of tornado not associated with a mesocyclone. A landspout always forms from the ground up to the thunderstorm when there is converging air. Tornadoes form in supercell thunderstorms which are rotating updrafts. They are strong enough to stretch inside a thunderstorm and form a spinning column of air that can reach the surface.
