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Hurricanes form over warm ocean water. Tornadoes can form just about anywhere.
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Do tornadoes normally form in tropical oceans?
No, tornadoes most often form on land in temperate regions. Hurricanes normally form over tropical oceans.
Do tornadoes develop above warm ocean water?
They can, but this characteristic so more often associate with hurricanes. Tornadoes usually form over land.
Who studies hurricanes and tornadoes?
Since tornadoes and hurricanes are weather phenomena they are studied by meteorologists, or weather scientists.
Can a hurricane and tornado form and come together?
They can't combine into a single storm, if that's what you mean, as tornadoes and hurricanes operate on different levels of magnitude within the atmosphere. Howevere, many hurricanes spawn tornadoes in their outer storm bands.
What can tornadoes come from?
Tornadoes come from thunderstorms, usually, powerful rotating storms called supercells. However, tornadoes can sometimes form with squall lines, hurricanes, and in rare cases, single cell storms.
Tornadoes and hurricanes develop over what?
Hurricanes develop over warm ocean water. Tornadoes usually form over land.
Tornadoes and hurricanes develop over which of the following?
Hurricanes form over warm ocean water while tornadoes usually form over land.
Why type of land do tornadoes and hurricanes form over?
Tornadoes can form over just about any sort of terrain but tend to be more common in flat or gently rolling areas. Hurricanes can only form over warm ocean water.
Does Minnesota get hurricanes or tornadoes?
Minnesota gets tornadoes but not hurricanes. Hurricanes form over wam ocean water and do not last very long over land. Minnesota is much too far from the ocean.
Tornados and hurricanes develop over?
Hurricanes develop over warm ocean water while tornadoes usually form over land.
Where are tornadoes and hurricanes found?
they can be found all over the earth except Antarctica Hurricanes specifically form over tropical ocean waters.
Do tornadoes normally form in tropical oceans?
No, tornadoes most often form on land in temperate regions. Hurricanes normally form over tropical oceans.
What type of surface area do tornadoes and hurricanes form?
Hurricanes can form only open warm ocean water with a temperature of least 80 degrees or 26 celsius. Tornadoes can form over land or water. A tornado formed over water is called a waterspout. Tornadoes can almost anywhere in the world with the right weather conditions. Their have been tornadoes on six continents. Hurricanes form in the tropics and then follow paths that take them either over land or they or they stay over the open ocean.
Why aren't tornadoes and hurricanes on the moon?
The moon has no atmosphere for tornadoes, hurricanes or any type of storm to form in.
Is a hurricane usually formed in the midwestern us?
No. Hurricanes can't form over land. Hurricanes typically form over the Atlantic Ocean. The Midwestern U.S. is, however prone to tornadoes.
Can hurricanes and tornadoes are both spinning stormes that start over water?
No. Hurricanes start over water and tornadoes are on land.
Why do tornadoes happen at sea?
Tornadoes actually generally form over land. Hurricanes form over the ocean because the amount of moisture they need only occurs over tropical ocean water.
