What types of clouds are associated with tornadoes?

Answer 1

Severe storms called supercells. Sometimes hurricanes even bring tornadoes. Most people don't know whether a storm will produce a tornado or not. Here are some signs:

large Hail, heavy rainfall, high winds, greenish skies are often associated with tornadoes. then, study the clouds. You will often see pouches hanging under the cloud base. These are called Mammatus clouds, and they are often associated with tornado production and other severe weather.

You will notice the storm's anvil. This is the part that extends out and turns flat once it stops at the top of the troposphere (the bottom layer of the atomsphere). Most of the time the top is flat. If you happen to see a big poof of cloud breaking through the stratosphere, this is sign of a poweful updraft possibly a mesocycone (a strong , rotating updraft in a thunderstorm from which a tornado may develop).

A major sign to look for is rotation if the clouds in a storm are rotating, especially in a lower-hanging section of clouds called a wall cloud, that is a sign that a tornado may develop.

Answer 2

a tornada - tornady or tornadoe - you say tamata i say tomoto 3 things are needed - cool dry air - warm moist air - strong upper wind flow (to evacuate updrafts and start big storms spinning. ) COLD FRONTS are prime candidates - low pressure areas are somewhat as well. those spring windy days that are warm and the air is heavy with moisture - and you know a blast of cooler air is coming your way is a perfect situation. strong storms form at the boundary - usually on the warm air side - these strorms form strong updrafts within the storm itself and this process actually fuels itself to get stronger and stronger as the rising warm air cools. the upper level winds start these storms rotating and are called meso-cyclones. most online weather radar sites have a "radar summary" type of radar that actually labels these cyclones and severe weather watch boxes. look for them. without goin into any more detail on how tornados form - its much more complicated than that - this is a general idea of the weather patterns

Answer 3

A tornado is classified as a form of severe weather and is typically group alongside hail and downbursts, the other two products that can classify a thunderstorm as severe. A tornado is a unique kind of event, similar in some ways to large-scale systems, but driven by small-scale mechanisms.

Answer 4

General weather conditions that are favorable for tornadoes include instability (warm air at low levels and cold air aloft, which leads to thunderstorms), strong low-level wind shear, and weak to moderate lift provided by a cold front or dry line. These are the conditions conducive to producing supercells, the thunderstorms most likely to produce tornadoes.

Answer 5

Tornadoes are produced by thunderstorms, which take the form of cumulonimbus clouds. Most tornadoes descend from a wall cloud at the base of the parent thunderstorm. The developing vortex of a tornado is often visible as a funnel cloud.

Answer 6

Tornadoes form during severe thunderstorms. Conditions that commonly accompany tornadoes include a dark overcast, thunder, lightning, heavy rain, strong winds, and hail. The tornado itself may form in an area somewhat away from the rain an hail, but still within the storm.

Answer 7

Tornadoes usually form from supercell thunderstorms. These storms often bring thunder, lightning, heavy rain, hail (sometimes large), and strong winds.

Answer 8

1. clouds
2. heavy rain
3. thunderstorms
4. hail
5. wind

Answer 9

Tornadoes occur during severe thunderstorms and so are generally accompanied by rain, thunder, lighting, strong winds, and often by hail.