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Both a hurricane and a tornado have centers of intense low pressure.

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Which has a faster air pressure fall between a hurricane or tornado?

A tornado produces a greater pressure drop over a shorter distance than a hurricane.


Does a tornado or a hurricane have the steepest pressure gradient?

Definitely a tornado. A hurricane produces a large pressure drop over a distance of hundreds of miles. A tornado produces a similar, possibly larger pressure drop over only a few hundred feet.


What is similar about the air pressure in a hurricane and a tornado?

Both produce intense low pressure.


What kind of air pressure is in a tornado and hurricane?

Tornadoes and hurricanes both produce low pressure.


Is a hurricane a water tornado?

No, a hurricane is not a tornado over water. A tornado and a hurricane are quite different. A hurricane is a large-scale self-sustaining storm pressure system, typically hundreds of miles wide. A tornado is a small-scale vortex dependent on a parent thunderstorm rarely over a mile wide. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.


How is the center of a tornado similar to the center of a hurricane?

The barometric pressure at a tornado is very low, just like in a hurricane. It is also believed that many tornadoes have a relatively calm center where ari descends. This is similar to the eye of a hurricane.


Which would likely have the greatest range of pressure between a hurricane and tornado?

A tornado, most likely. However, few pressure readings have ever been taken from tornadoes.


Why is debris often described as being sucked in to a tornado?

Because - at the centre of a tornado (or hurricane) is an area of low pressure. Wind is 'sucked' into the centre in an attempt to equalise the pressure.


What form of weather pattern has the steepest pressure gradient?

An object that is placed vertically on a plane will have the steepest pressure gradient. Placing an object on an inclined plane will reduce the pressure it applies downwards.


Can air pressure decreases drastically?

When a Hurricane, Tornado or Thunderstorm, approaches, the barometric pressure falls but I would not ascribe the adjective "drastic" to this.


Are hurricanes and tornadoes both spinning storms that start over water?

No. While they are both spinning storms, tornadoes, unlike hurricanes, can and frequently do form over land.


What are three things that a tornado and a hurricane have in common?

Strong, potentially destructive windsCyclonic rotationLow barometric pressure.