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Is a tornado called a funnel cloud in the ocean?
No. A tornado on the ocean or some other body of water is called a waterspout. A funnel cloud is a tornado that has not yet touched down.
Is funnel cloud a nickname for tornado?
To some extent, yes. A funnel cloud is the visible portion of a tornado. However, not all funnel clouds are tornadoes. If the winds associated with a funnel cloud do not reach the ground then it is not a tornado. Conversely, if the winds do reach the ground the term funnel cloud is not usually used, and the event is simply called a tornado.
Can pieces of cloud fall from the sky?
its impossible because a cloud is water or fog and its no longer cloud by then.On the other hand, well it is possible and happens permanently but if some piece of foggy cloud descended and crossed the bottom boundary of the visible cloud, the environmental conditions ( mainly the pressure ) let this cloud piece to transform to invisible vapour.Vise versa some piece of air with water vapour could ascend and by crossing the bottom boundary of the visible cloud transforms to a fog.
Does a tornado need a wall cloud?
No, some tornadoes will form without a wall cloud. In most cases there are of a variety called landspouts, which are tornadoes that do not form in association with the mesocyclone of a supercell. These tornadoes are typically weak, though on occasion have been known to cause damage as high as F3.
How do you identify a funnel cloud?
A funnel cloud is a funnel, cone, or trunk shaped cloud that extends downward from the cloud base and rotates. If dust or debris can be seen swirling beneath it, that means a tornado is con the ground. Below are pictures of some funnel clouds.
What are flat lands called?
Some flat lands are prairies, some are plateaus, and some are wetlands.
What is a layered structure?
In an operating system a layered structure is composed of a kernel, some servers, and some user level libraries. All of these put together are a layered structure.
Why are clouds not flat on top?
Some can be, for instance stratocumulus cloud trapped beneath a temperature inversion. As the inversion breaks down through the day from heating, the tops of the cloud become more ragged.
Is a tornado called a funnel cloud in the ocean?
No. A tornado on the ocean or some other body of water is called a waterspout. A funnel cloud is a tornado that has not yet touched down.
What kind of shape a cumulus cloud?
a cumulus cloud form some of the biggest cloud stuctures. they are flat on the bottom but rise in big puffy mounds, rather like icecream. you often see these clouds as they roll in from the sea. they cary for a large capacity of rain.
What is flat surface of a diamond called?
The flat surface of a diamond is called the table if it is on the 'top' of a cut diamond. Otherwise, the flat surface is called a facet, some with specific names. Read more, below.
What are some of the hairstyles in 1950?
Guys were Pompadore like Elvis, flat top flat on the top with the sides pused back, crew cut like the service men. Girls had ratted hair where they teased it on top to make it high, page boy kind of layered with bangs.
What is the fuzzy part of an atom called?
I suppose on some atom models the electron cloud would be called "fuzzy".
Small flat odd shaped bones found between some of the large flat bones of the skull are called?
sutural
What is structure layer?
In an operating system a layered structure is composed of a kernel, some servers, and some user level libraries. All of these put together are a layered structure.
Some parts of Earth's surface are mostly flat and these large flat areas are called what?
The most usual term for large, flat areas is plains.
The moon has no water on it why are some places on the moon called seas?
astronauts thought the moon was flat ,so they called some areas,seas.
