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Wedge tornado: A large tornado with a funnel that is as wide (horizontally) at the ground as it is tall (vertically) from the ground to the cloud base. A colloquial term used by storm chasers.
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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.
WGN-TV meteorologists Steve Kahn, Richard Koeneman and Paul Dailey plus weather producer Bill Snyder contribute to this page.
