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Are tornado winds cold

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

It all depends on where and when the tornado occurs, and what the actual temperature is in the area. Most tornadoes form ahead of a boundary where cold air plows into warm air called a cold front. Generally the warmer, and moister the air mass the better chance there is of a tornado forming. Because tornadoes generally form in the rear portion of a thunderstorm the air may be somewhat cooler than in the rest of the warm air mass. Inside the tornado itself there will be another temperature drop due to decompression. So a tornado is generally cooler than its surroundings, but is will still tend to be relatively warm.

That said, tornadoes can occasionally form in fairly cool air, in which case the winds would definitely cold, especially with wind shill factored in.

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