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Hurricanes are large storms that influenced primarily by other large-scale weather patterns and can be followed over the course of days.
Tornadoes are small, short-lived storms that can be difficult to track without spotters in the area. Tornadoes are influenced by small-scale weather patterns that often evade detection. While the time-scale of a hurricane is usually measured in hours an days, the time scale of a tornado is measured in minutes and seconds.
Hurricanes take days to form while a thunderstorm can form and become tornadic in as little as 15 minutes.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoHurricanes are easier to predict. Hurricanes are huge storm systems that take days to develop. So they are easy to track, and there is plenty of time to run models and make predictions.
Tornadoes are tiny compared to hurricanes and form in minutes. Hidden beneath a parent thunderstorm, they cannot be seen by satellites and must be tracked either visually or using Doppler radar.
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∙ 13y agoHurricanes are large scale storm systems, typically hundreds of miles across, that form over the course of days and change over the course of hours. This makes them relatively easy to identify and track.
Tornadoes, by comparison, are tiny, usually less than a quarter mile wide and can form in minutes or even seconds and usually only last a few minutes. A potentially tornadic storm can develop in as little as fifteen minutes.
These factors make tornado extremely difficult to track or even detect at all.
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∙ 10y agoOverall, it is easier to survive a tornado. Hurricanes usually have higher overall death tolls, but they also affect much larger areas, and more densly populated areas, since most of their impact is along Coastlines. Taking this into account, tornadoes often have a much higher fatality rate. i.e. a greater percentage of the people directly impacted by the storm will die.
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∙ 8y agoHurricanes are easier to predict. Tsunamis are usually triggered by earthquakes, which we are unable to predict at all. So we have no way of of predicting when a tsunami will start. Once one does start we can predict what areas will be at risk and when it will arrive. The farther away an area is from a tsunami's starting point, the more time people have to prepare. In many cases there will be several hours warning, but areas near where the tsunami starts may only have minutes.
By contrast, hurricanes take days to develop, and the precursors are easily identified by satellite. Hurricanes also move much more slowly than tsunamis, giving people more time to prepare. Advisories may be issued up to 48 hours in advance.
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∙ 7y agoHurricanes are easier to predict. They are much larger than tornadoes and develop and change over the course of hours and days. Tornadoes develop and change over the course of minutes and seconds.
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∙ 11y agoA hurricane. The precursors of hurricanes can be spotted days in advance. Earthquakes cannot be predicted at all with current knowledge and technology.
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∙ 9y agoThe path of a hurricane is easier to predict. Hurricane paths can be predicted days in advance. Tornadoes, mere minutes.
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Which type of scientist would likely predict a tornado?
The National Hurricane Center predicts, or at least tries to predict, hurricanes in the vicinity of the U.S.
How much damage does a 56 mph hurricane do?
A storm with 56 mph winds would not be a hurricane; it would be a moderate tropical storm. Winds must be at least 74 mph for a storm to be a hurricane. A tropical storm with such winds may break some tree limbs and down a few trees. Some very weak structures may be damaged. The rain from such a storm could cause significant flooding. How much would be difficult to predict as flooding risk does not depend on wind speed.
What do you call a person that predicts an earthquake?
You would call that person lucky. The scientists who study earthquakes are known as seismologists and they say that it is currently not possible to predict when an earthquake will occur.Technically nobody as earthquake prediction is currently impossible however seismologists will produce seismological hazard assessments in an attempt to quantify the likelihood of occurrence of a seismic event of a given magnitude occurring within a given time period on a fault.Seismologist
What kind of earthquake follows a major earthquake?
That would be an after shock.
An earthquake that was rated 3 on the Richter scale would be?
An earthquake that was rated 3 on the Richter scale would beignored
What to study to forecast an earthquake?
You cannot forecast an earthquake, you can however predict the eruption of a volcanic eruption, an earthquake is unpredictable, as it is the result in a sudden release of pressure in the earths crust, if you could predict them there would be no deaths resulting from them.
Would be the most important information to plot on a tracking map to predict where a hurricane will land?
The position of the hurricane over time.
What technology did they use to no that hurricane Katrina was coming?
Scientists had took satellite images to predict where hurricane Katrina would land.
What would the most important information to plot on a tracking map to predict where a hurricane will land?
the position of the hurricane over time
Which type of scientist would likely predict a tornado?
The National Hurricane Center predicts, or at least tries to predict, hurricanes in the vicinity of the U.S.
Why would it be useful to be able to predict the path of a hurricane?
Being able to predict the hurricane's path enables people in the path are warned and they can take steps to get ready to either move temporary away to a safer area, or to batten down and wait out the storm.
What behavior by rodents predicts the incoming earthquake?
There are certain behaviors by rodents which predict the incoming earthquake. In most case, this would entail the rodents coming out of their burrows in large numbers.
Can natural disasters occur at once?
Yes. Not likely Though. Most Likely If There is An Earthquake Near A Coast There Would Be A Hurricane After.
What year month or day does an earthquake happen?
There is no specific pattern to earthquakes. If there was - we would be able to predict their happening and take necessary precautions.
What is more powerful a hurricane or an earthquake?
i think an earthquake is more powerful because the ground could crack everything shakes and breaks and if someone fell ain't no telling where they would end up...#who knows?
How do scientist predict earthquake?
Seismologists attempt to quantify the risk posed by a particular fault zone rather than state exactly when an earthquake will occur (as this is currently impossible).For more information, please see the related question.Yes Kashmir was predicted an earthquake but scientists predicted an atrocious earthquake which would wipe out most of India. But it gave the strength of 7.6 on the Richter scale which was less than they feared
If you could predict the future do you think life would be easier?
in my opinion ,predict the life countunously it must be easyer to make our life to organize all things that we appricate to be our seystem of life easy
