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Not really. Both a tornado and a downburst are high-wind events that occur during a thunderstorm, but that is where the similarity ends. A tornado is a violently rotating vortex of wind in which air spirals inward and then upward. They are often made visible by a distinct condensation funnel. They can produce far stronger winds than a downburst.
A downburst is an intense straight-line wind event in which rain-cooled air travels rapidly downward and outward with no significant rotation. There is no condensation funnel.
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How does a vacuum cleaner simulate a tornado How is it like a real tornado?
A Vacuum Cleaner is similar to a tornado because a vacuum cleaner sucks things up as does a tornado. Some people might say a tornado is God's vacuum cleaner.
What is the movement of tornado like?
A tornado consists of a vortex in which air spirals inward and then upward. The tornado itself moves forward, usually along a relatively straight path.
Does a dust devil sound like a tornado?
yes it does
How is a vacuum cleaner like a real tornado?
Both a vacuum cleaner and a tornado generate low pressure that pulls air inward.
What does a tornado look like and feel like?
A Tornado basically looks like a grey cone, but it moves on it's "tip". On top of the tornado, there is usually dark grey clouds. Some tornado's can be skinny and some can be fat. It is usually very, very, very windy when your are somewhere close to the tornado. There may be rain when a tornado is close to your area since tornado's are formed by hot and cold air (ithink..).
What is the difference between a tornado and a downburst?
In a tornado the winds move inwards and upwards in a circular fashion. In a downburst the wind travels downwards and outwards in straight lines. Also, unlike a downburst, a tornado travels across the ground, producing a path of damage.
What causes the strong winds associated with tornadoes and thunderstorms?
The strong winds in a tornado are causes by the steep pressure gradient surrounding it, with intense low pressure at the tornado's center. Strong winds in thunderstorms are usually caused by rain cooled air falling rapidly to ground level in an even called a downburst.
What a tornado looks like?
A waterspout it a tornado that forms on a body of water. It looks like a land formed tornado but on a smaller scale.
Does the ocean turn like a tornado during a hurricane?
It dose not turn like a tornado.
What is a cone shaped tornado?
A cone-shaped tornado is simple a tornado whose funnel is cone-shaped. Tornado funnels may also appear rope-like, column-like, or appear wispy. The shape and size of a tornado do not necessarily indicate how strong the tornado is.
What are the names to all the tornado?
tornadoes are not like hurricanes they dont get named they only get named by the place where the tornado touch down like for example the hallam nebraska tornado or the tri state tornado
What is a difference between a tornado drill and a tornado warning?
A tornado drill is like a fire drill but for tornadoes: practice for the possibility of a tornado. A tornado warning means that a tornado has been detected or is likely to form soon.
How does the pattern of property damage caused by a downburst compare to the pattern damage caused by a tornado?
The damage from a microburst appears to radiate out from the center while tornado damage occurs along the path that the tornado took. In a microburst trees fall or are bent outwards, with trees that neighbor each other generally falling in the same direction. In a tornado downed trees to not have the same order, and fall in multiple directions. Those left leaning may hint towards an inward or rotating flow. Some tornadoes have roughly crescent shaped areas of more severe damage, indicating a multivortex structure.
Do downburst spin in different directions nortern hemisphere then the southern hemisphere?
No. Downbursts generally do not spin.
What do you do when a downburst occurs?
Seek shelter in a sturdy house or other building. Stay away from windows.
What is it called in the middle of a tornado?
Like a hurricane, the middle of the tornado is called the Eye.
What does a pyramid look like if it got struck by a tornado?
This depends on how powerful the tornado was.
