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How do conditions for a tornado differ from the conditions for a hurricane?
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Hurricanes and tornadoes both depend on convection and thunderstorms, fueled by warm, moist air and associated with low pressure.
Hurricanes usually develop from disorganized low-pressure areas called tropical disturbances, which produce some showers, thunderstorms, and gusty winds. Fueled by the moisture that evaporates from warm ocean water, the system begins to organize and intensify, eventually gaining an well-defined circulation. This development depends on warm sea-surface temperatures, plentiful moisture, and wind shear being weak or absent. Wind shear is a difference in the speed or direction of the wind at different altitudes and can disrupt the organized convection of a hurricane, causing it to weaken and dissipate. While the individual thunderstorms in a hurricane are rather weak, their combined strength makes for a powerful storm.
Unlike hurricanes, which are topical, tornadoes are more common in temperate and subtropical climates. They usually develop from thunderstorms in which strong wind shear induces rotation; so the same wind shear that can stop a hurricane is essential for tornadoes to form. Tornadoes most often occur in thunderstorms called supercells, the most intense thunderstorms on Earth. Such storms usually develop along fronts, where air masses of differing temperatures or humidifies clash. Such fronts are less common in the tropics and usually do not play a role in hurricane formation.
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When the conditions for a tornado or hurricane are in favor of one the US refer this condition as a what?
When conditions are favorable for tornadoes a tornado watch is issued. However the criteria for a hurricane watch are different. A hurricane watch is issued of an existing storm is threatening an area and hurricane conditions are possible within 48 hours.
Five dangerous weather-related conditions?
Hail Snow Flooding Hurricane Tornado.
When are hurricane warnings issued?
A tornado warning is issued if a tornado is reported or indicated by Doppler radar (hook or a bow echo or a tornado vortex signature), or if there is a strong chance of one developing within a few minutes, but a Tornado Emergency is issued when a large, violent tornado (usually a wedge) that can cause catastrophic damage is reported by storm spotters, or even detected by Doppler radar.
When a hurricane is differ from a tornado is the winds of hurricane concentrated in a smaller area?
No. The winds of a tornado are concentrated in a much smaller area. Typically the winds of a hurricane affect an area a few hundred miles across. By contrast the winds of a tornado usually affect an area less than a quarter of a mile wide and rarely more than a mile.
What causes more damage a tornado a hurricane or an earthquake?
A hurricane
When the conditions for a tornado or hurricane are in favor of one the US refer this condition as a what?
When conditions are favorable for tornadoes a tornado watch is issued. However the criteria for a hurricane watch are different. A hurricane watch is issued of an existing storm is threatening an area and hurricane conditions are possible within 48 hours.
Five dangerous weather-related conditions?
Hail Snow Flooding Hurricane Tornado.
When are hurricane warnings issued?
A tornado warning is issued if a tornado is reported or indicated by Doppler radar (hook or a bow echo or a tornado vortex signature), or if there is a strong chance of one developing within a few minutes, but a Tornado Emergency is issued when a large, violent tornado (usually a wedge) that can cause catastrophic damage is reported by storm spotters, or even detected by Doppler radar.
When a hurricane is differ from a tornado is the winds of hurricane concentrated in a smaller area?
No. The winds of a tornado are concentrated in a much smaller area. Typically the winds of a hurricane affect an area a few hundred miles across. By contrast the winds of a tornado usually affect an area less than a quarter of a mile wide and rarely more than a mile.
What is the difference between a tornado and a tornado watch?
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. A tornado watch is a weather advisory that indicates that conditions in a region are favorable for the formation of tornadoes.
How can hurricane chris become the deadliest tornado?
It can't. A hurricane can't become a tornado.
Which covers more hurricane or a tornado?
a hurricane
The pressure ina hurricane and in a tornado?
Both a hurricane and a tornado have centers of intense low pressure.
Is hurricane and tornado in a bottle the same thing?
If you mean a hurricane in a bottle then yes, a hurricane in a bottle and a tornado in a bottle are the same thing. In shape, however, the vortex bears more resemblance to a tornado than a hurricane.
Is a tornado worse than a hurricane?
The winds in a tornado funnel are perhaps faster (and therefore more destructive) than a hurricane, but the diameter of a tornado is very very small compared with a hurricane.
Can a hurricane be shaped as a tornado?
No, a hurricane is a huge storm hundreds of miles wide. A tornado is tiny by comparison.
Who do you think will win tornado or hurricane?
a tornado because of when it hit it it keeps going but a hurricane will stop at land
