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Funnel clouds are associated with tornadoes.
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What cloud is hail associated with?
comulonimbus clouds are associated with any type of thunderstorms and severe weather including heavy rain
What cloud do twisters come from?
cumulonimbus clouds the same clouds are associated with tornados thunderstorms and most severe weather
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.
What causes a funnel cloud?
Afunnel cloud is a funnel-shaped cloud of condensed water droplets, associated with a rotating column of wind and extending from the base of a cloud (usually a cumulonimbus or towering cumulus cloud) but not reaching the ground or a water surface. A funnel cloud is usually visible as a cone-shaped or needle like protuberance from the main cloud base. Funnel clouds form most frequently in association with supercell thunderstorms.If a funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a tornado. Most tornadoes begin as funnel clouds, but many funnel clouds do not make ground contact and so do not become tornadoes. Also, a tornado does not necessarily need to have an associated condensation funnel---if strong cyclonic winds are occurring at the surface (and connected to a cloud base, regardless of condensation), then the feature is a tornado. Some tornadoes may appear only as a debris swirl, with no obvious funnel cloud extending below the rotating cloud base.A funnel cloud that touches down on, or moves over water is a waterspout.
What is the synomym of funnel cloud?
A funnel cloud may be called a condensation funnel or simply a funnel.
What severe storm that forms as a rapidly rotating funnel cloud?
A tornado is often visible as a funnel cloud.
Which cloud is associated with severe weather?
Mammatus. Mammatus is cloud that hangs from an anvil of a mature storm cloud and brings severe weather especially tornadoes. Another one is called Cumulonimbus. These clouds bring VERY heavy rain or thunder storms.
What cloud is hail associated with?
comulonimbus clouds are associated with any type of thunderstorms and severe weather including heavy rain
What cloud do twisters come from?
cumulonimbus clouds the same clouds are associated with tornados thunderstorms and most severe weather
When the tip of the funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a?
tornado clouds
What happens when a funnel cloud pokes through a cumulonimbus cloud?
It forms a funnel cloud.
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.
What has to happen to a funnel cloud to be classified as a tornado?
Either the funnel cloud or the violent, rotating winds associated with it must reach the ground in order to be classified as a tornado.
A severe storm that forms from a rapidly rotating funnel cloud is a?
Such a storm is called a tornado.
Is a tornado a funnel cloud that has touched the ground?
True, but not that the funnel itself does not have to reach the ground, just the violent vortex associated with it.
What causes a funnel cloud?
Afunnel cloud is a funnel-shaped cloud of condensed water droplets, associated with a rotating column of wind and extending from the base of a cloud (usually a cumulonimbus or towering cumulus cloud) but not reaching the ground or a water surface. A funnel cloud is usually visible as a cone-shaped or needle like protuberance from the main cloud base. Funnel clouds form most frequently in association with supercell thunderstorms.If a funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a tornado. Most tornadoes begin as funnel clouds, but many funnel clouds do not make ground contact and so do not become tornadoes. Also, a tornado does not necessarily need to have an associated condensation funnel---if strong cyclonic winds are occurring at the surface (and connected to a cloud base, regardless of condensation), then the feature is a tornado. Some tornadoes may appear only as a debris swirl, with no obvious funnel cloud extending below the rotating cloud base.A funnel cloud that touches down on, or moves over water is a waterspout.
Can a funnel cloud weaken?
Yes, all weather patterns will weaken and dissipate eventually.
