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What is a tornado composed of?
A tornado is essentially a vortex of air. Usually the moisutre in the air in a tornado will condense into water droplets, forming a visible funnel cloud. Tornadoes will often lift soil into the air, forming a dust whirl. If a tornado hits trees or man-made structures it may pick up debris as well.
Is the warm air mass forming a tornado a tropical air mass?
Yes. The warm air mass that often plays a role in tornado formation is called a maritime tropical air mass.
Does a tornado from bottom to top?
Air moves up in a tornado, but in the process of forming, most tornadoes start as a vortex high up in the clouds.
What causes air to rush into a tornado?
Air rushes into a tornado due to the low pressure at the center of the vortex, which creates a pressure gradient that pulls surrounding air inward. As the warm, moist air converges towards the tornado, it begins to spin due to the Earth's rotation and the updraft created by the storm, eventually forming the tornado.
How does a funnel in a tornado form?
A funnel cloud forms when a rotating column of air descends from a thunderstorm cloud but doesn't touch the ground. When the funnel cloud touches the ground, it becomes a tornado. The rotating air within the tornado causes it to appear as a funnel-shaped cloud.
What is the origin of the warm moist air that is contributed to the formation of the tornado?
The warm moist air usually originates from a tropical body of water. The body of water depends on the tornado forming region. For the United States it is usually the Gulf of Mexico.
A severe storm that forms from a rapidly rotating funnel cloud is a?
tornado. Tornadoes are violent, dangerous rotating columns of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, forming a destructive vortex.
What are the beginnings of a tornado called?
The process of a tornado forming is called tornado genesis. Usually a tornado is a funnel cloud before it touches down.
How does tornado hapeen?
Well, first of all, there is warm\hot air moving around and it's a little higher. Cool\cold air does the same thing, but lower. Now that you know that, a tornado occurs when the cool and warm air are moving past each other and then they mix together and spin and build to make a tornado! :-)
How is a tornado created in simple words?
A tornado forms from thunderstorms. The thunderstorm starts turning because the wind at different heights is going in different directions and at different speeds. Sometimes this turning in the storm gets focused into a smaller area and starts spinning faster, becoming a tornado.
Do a tornado form when a funnel of cold air quickly rises from the earth?
No. Tornadoes form in an environment where warm air rises quickly. Cold air will resist rising and will tend to prevent tornadoes from forming.
What does cold air do when forming a tornado?
Cold air is not a necessary ingredient in forming tornadoes, but it often plays a role. One of the most common places to find a tornado is ahead of a cold front. A cold front is a boundary where a cool air mass pushes into and replaces a warmer one. Since warm air is less dense than cold air, the warm air mass gets force upwards. If there is enough instability in this air mass, the lift can trigger thunderstorms ahead of the front. Given the right conditions these thunderstorms can start rotating and produce tornadoes.
