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A wall cloud is a large lowering of a rain free cloud base often associated with the rotating updraft of a thunderstorm known as a mesocyclone.
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What is the wall cloud in a tornado?
The wall cloud is a large section of cloud extending down from the base of a thunderstorm. The wall cloud marke the strongest part of the mesocyclone, which is the rotating updraft that can produce a tornado. A funnel cloud or tornado usually extends from the base of a wall cloud.
How does a wall cloud form?
A wall cloud forms when the rotating updraft of a supercell thunderstorm, called a mesocyclone, draws in moist air and causes the moisture to condense. The wall cloud marks the strongest part of the mesocyclone.
What does a wall cloud look like?
A wall cloud looks like a lowering of the cloud base, often with a tail like projection on it. Below are links to a few photographs.
Which clouds develop tornadoes?
Tornadoes form in thunderstorms, which are composed of cumulonimbus clouds. Usually a tornado will form from a wall cloud that develops are the based of the cumulonimbus cloud, and will develop from a funnel cloud that comes out of the wall cloud.
What is the cloud formation called before a tornado funnel forms?
A wall cloud
Is the mesocyclone under the wall cloud or next to the wall cloud?
A wall cloud is a downward exstension of the mesocyclone so to answer your question: neither. The wall cloud is within the mesocyclone.
What is the wall cloud in a tornado?
The wall cloud is a large section of cloud extending down from the base of a thunderstorm. The wall cloud marke the strongest part of the mesocyclone, which is the rotating updraft that can produce a tornado. A funnel cloud or tornado usually extends from the base of a wall cloud.
Where can I get the definition of cloud computing?
You can either go to: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing or searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/definition/cloud-computing for a full definition of what cloud computing is.
How much damage does the wall cloud do?
The wall cloud itself doesn't do the damage. The wall cloud is an indicator of rotation in a thunderstorm that can lead to the formation of a tornado.
What forms from a cumulonimbus cloud called a wall cloud?
First. A wall cloud is not a cumulonimbus clouds, but is a smaller cloud that extends from the base of a cumulonimbus. Tornadoes often form from wall clouds.
Is there a wall cloud with a tornado?
There often is. Most tornadoes are associated with a wall cloud but not all.
Sighns of a tornado?
A wall cloud is suspended from a cumulonimbus cloud (mostly during thunderstorms). Then the wall cloud begins rotating counter-clockwise. Then a funnel cloud will drop from it.
What is the definition of the ash cloud?
a cloud made of ash.
Rotating cloud before tornado?
A wall cloud, which is followed by a funnel cloud.
Is the dark base of a tornado called the wall cloud?
No, the wall cloud is a lowered section of the cloud base from which a tornado or funnel cloud descends. The dark cloud at the base of a tornado is called the debris cloud.
How does a wall cloud form?
A wall cloud forms when the rotating updraft of a supercell thunderstorm, called a mesocyclone, draws in moist air and causes the moisture to condense. The wall cloud marks the strongest part of the mesocyclone.
What does a wall cloud look like?
A wall cloud looks like a lowering of the cloud base, often with a tail like projection on it. Below are links to a few photographs.
