The funnel of a tornado is condensation, similar to an ordinary cloud. The pressure inside a tornado is quite low. Air that enters a tornado is decompressed and cools as a result. In most cases that air is also rather moist, and the moisture condenses as a result of the cooling. Tornadoes are also made visible by the dust and debris that they pick up.
It becomes a tornado, obviously.
Either the funnel cloud or the violent, rotating winds associated with it must reach the ground in order to be classified as a tornado.
tornado
tornado is often made visible by a distinctive funnel-shaped cloud. Commonly called the condensation funnel, the funnel cloud is a tapered column of water droplets that extends downward from the base of the parent cloud. It is commonly mixed with and perhaps enveloped by dust and debris lifted from the surface.
Yes. If a tornadic vortex does not make contact with the ground it does not meet the defintion of a tornado, and is simply called a funnel cloud. If the violent circulation (not necessarily the visible funnel) reaches the ground it is considered a tornado.
A tornado is formed from storm clouds. The funnel cloud is the tornado before it touches down.
No, a tornado is a violent, rotating wind storm. The funnel cloud formed by a tornado is usually small compared with other clouds.
The funnel of a tornado is formed by moisture in the air that is cooled and condensed by the tornado's low pressure. Temperatures at higher altitudes are generally cooler, making it easier for the moisture to condense, which makes for a funnel that is wider at the top.
The condensation funnel of a tornado is basically a cloud formed when moisture inside a tornado condenses and in that sense it is similar to an ordinary cloud. The debris cloud of a tornado is a cloud of debris picked up by a tornado usually from buildings and trees the tornado has damaged or destroyed.
Not sure what you mean by a funnel tornado. If you are referring to the Seymour, Texas tornado of April 10, 1979, it had a well-defined funnel and it was funnel-shaped. However, it did touch down so it was not merely a funnel cloud.
tornado clouds
A tornado that does not touch the ground is a funnel cloud.
A funnel cloud is like a tornado only it does not reach the ground.
A funnel cloud is a developing tornado that has not reached the ground.
Yes. A tornado is often visible as a funnel cloud as it develops.
A tornado starts out as a funnel cloud.
The "eye" of a tornado is at the center of the funnel.