Tornadoes develop from thunderstorms, which are cumulonimbus clouds.
A tornado has actually touched down on the ground - a funnel cloud is a spinning cloud that has not actually touched the ground.
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.
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.
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A funnel cloud is a developing tornado that has not reached the ground.
A tornado has actually touched down on the ground - a funnel cloud is a spinning cloud that has not actually touched the ground.
A tornado is a vortex made of wind.
No, it can not happen. You will always need a cloud to form a tornado. The kind of cloud that a tornado uses is a cumulonimbus cloud.
The condensation funnel of a tornado is basically a cloud formed when moisture inside a tornado condenses and in that sense it is similar to an ordinary cloud. The debris cloud of a tornado is a cloud of debris picked up by a tornado usually from buildings and trees the tornado has damaged or destroyed.
A funnel cloud is essentially a tornado that has not touched down yet. The pressure drop inside a tornadic circulation is what produces the funnel.
The cloud that forms the visible part of a tornado is called a funnel 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.
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.
A tornado that does not touch the ground is a funnel cloud.
A tornado usually emerges from a wall cloud, which is at the base of a cumulonimbus cloud.
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