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Cyclones, of which hurricanes are a variety, spin due to the Coriolis effect, a consequence of Earth's rotation that causes winds and ocean currents to be deflected sideways are they are driven by differences in pressure and density.
Tornadoes are too small to be directly affected by the Coriolis effect. They gain their spin from a rotating parent thunderstorm, which is set spinning by variations in wind speed and direction at different altitudes.
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∙ 16y agoTornadoes are able to keep on spinning from thunderstorms that hold the energy of "an atomic bomb explosion per second".
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What is a spinning column of air?
A spinning column of air is called a whirlwind. There several varieties ranging from relatively harmless dust devils to destructive tornadoes.
Why are tornadoes so violent?
Tornadoes develop wind the rotating updraft of a thunderstorm, called a mesocyclone, tightens into a smaller circulation. Just as a spinning ice skater speeds up when she pulls in her arms, so does the vortex of air as it narrows.
What is a tongue tornado?
A tongue tornado has nothing to do about tornadoes. It's a technique to perform oral sex on a woman by spinning your tongue wildly to stimulate the clitoris.
In a tornado do the air spirals move mostly vertically?
No, in most cases the spinning is faster than the updraft. This may vary between different tornadoes, though.
Is a sand storm caused by erosion?
No, a sandstorm is caused by to fronts of wind going in different directions hitting each other creating small tornadoes if there is enough heat the small tornadoes will start getting larger and spinning faster to make a sand storm.
Who keeps track of tornadoes?
Meteorologists keep track of tornadoes.
Why is twister good name for tornadoes?
A tornado is a violently spinning vortex of wind. In other words, tornadoes twist.
Can hurricanes and tornadoes are both spinning stormes that start over water?
No. Hurricanes start over water and tornadoes are on land.
What is the name of a storm in which rapidly spinning air becomes dangerous?
tornadoes or hurricanes
What keeps a spinner spinning?
It is conservation of [angular] momentum.
Are tornadoes weather related?
Yes. Tornadoes form once there is high speed winds spinning around that can destroy stuff. Winds are part of the weather. This is why the tornadoes are weather related
What is shoot the duck in figure skating?
Shoot the duck is a move in figure skating were the skater begins spinning and squats down and keeps spinning while extending the leg... keeps spinning for a couple seconds then tucks in leg and pushes up gracefully while still spinning.
What is a spinning column of air?
A spinning column of air is called a whirlwind. There several varieties ranging from relatively harmless dust devils to destructive tornadoes.
What is at the bottom of a whirlpool?
What I think is at the bottom of a whirlpool. I think that there is just water that's keeps spinning and spinning. T.W.
How are tornadoes formed for third graders?
Tornadoes form from powerful, spinning thunderstorms called supercells. Sometimes some of the spinning air can start to squeeze tighter, which causes it to spin faster and stretch toward the ground. When it reaches the ground a tornado is born.
Do tornadoes involve wind?
Yes. A tornado is wind, more specifically a violent vortex of spinning wind.
When a spinning column of air touches the ground is it called a tornadoes?
If it is in contact with cloud base as well, then yes.
