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What do the air in a tornado do when the funnel touch the ground?
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Air near the ground spirals inward and upward in and near the tornado.
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What is tornado made of?
A tornado is basically just a vortex of wind. Often it produces a cloud of dirt and debris on the ground from the wind kicking stuff up and a condensation funnel from pulling in moist air.
Describe the pressure flow and condensation level of tornado?
A tornado creates an area of low barometric pressure. Air spirals into the tornado and then spirals upward within it. The low pressure in a tornado cools air flowing into it, causing moisture to condense into the characteristic funnel. In many cases, though not all, the condensation reaches all the way to the ground.
How does a funnel in a tornado form?
The tornado pulls in moist air from the rainy portion of the parent storm. When the air is suddenly decompressed inside the tornado it cools and the moisture condenses, forming a cloud.
Is a strong storm that has a wind tunnel a tornado?
No. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air the is in contact with both the ground and the cloud base. Violent winds alone do not make a tornado. A wind tunnel effect simply occurs when buildings or terrain funnel the wind to increase its speed.
What is the difference between a funnel cloud tornado water spout and a dirt devil?
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the cloud base of a thunderstorm and the ground. A funnel cloud is a potential tornado that extends from the base of a thunderstorm, but the circulation does not reach the ground. A waterspout is a tornado or a tornado like vortex that occurs on a body of water. Most waterspouts form by a different mechanism for typical tornadoes and are usually weaker. A dirt devil, more commonly called a dust devil, is a small vortex that forms at ground level on hot, sunny days. Unlike a tornado, funnel cloud, or most waterspouts, a dust devil is an independent whirlwind that is not associated with a thunderstorm and does not connect to any cloud base. Dust devils are much weaker than tornadoes.
When a funnel of a tornado touches the ground what happens?
In this case it can be confirmed that the tornado has touched down. The funnel of a tornado does not have to touch down for the tornado to do so, and the vortex actually reaches the ground before the funnel does. The circulation reaching the ground is a more significant event. When the vortex is aloft its updraft can draw in air from directly below. This is no longer possible when the circulation reaches the ground. Since air can no longer be drawn in from below the pressure inside the vortex drops, causing the wind in it to intensify.
Funnel cloud that touches the ground?
A funnel cloud is a condensation funnel made of water vapor, dust, dirt, and debris lifted upward from the ground in areas experiencing extremely low air pressure. It is the visible part of a tornado and is considered a tornado if it touches the ground.
What kind of cloud is a rotating column of air that doesn't touch the ground?
funnel
What is a tornado forming in the air?
A tornadic vortex that is developing but has not yet reached the ground is called a funnel cloud.
Is a tornado a cloud?
No. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. A tornado is often, but not always made visible by a funnel cloud. But the tornado is not the cloud itself.
What column of violently rotating air in the shape of a funnel that extends from the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud to the ground?
This is called a tornado.
Is a tornado a funnel of water?
No. While the funnel is made visible by condensation, it is mostly air.
Did the tornado in bicester to kidlington touch the ground?
Yes. Debris was lifted into the air meaning the circulation reached the ground, though it appears to have been very weak. If it doesn't touch down it isn't counted as a tornado.
Air pressure inside the funnel cloud of a tornado is extremely what?
The air pressure inside a tornado is very low.
How does the funnel occur in a tornado?
A tornado pulls in air that has become moist due mostly to rainfall. The rapid pressure drop inside the tornado cools the air, causing the moisture to condense and form a funnel shaped cloud.
Is air pressure inside a tornado is lower than outside a tornado?
The air pressure in a tornado is lower than that outside the tornado. That is why the wind blows toward the funnel.
What is tornado made of?
A tornado is basically just a vortex of wind. Often it produces a cloud of dirt and debris on the ground from the wind kicking stuff up and a condensation funnel from pulling in moist air.
