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Can A Tornado Happen With No Clouds?
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.
When do cumulonimbus clouds form?
When the following three conditions are met cumulonimbus clouds will form: A ready supply of warm, moist air, which can rise at speeds up to 70 miles per hour Tropospheric winds need to increase considerably with height to encourage it to lean forward The atmosphere around the cloud needs to be "unstable" i.e., no temperature inversion
Why does it hail when there's no tornado outside?
Tornadoes themselves are not the cause of hail, thunderstorms are. In order to produce hail a storm must have a strong updraft to keep hailstones in the air as they form and a fairly large amount of turbulence to create the cycle that forms hail. Tornadoes also need a strong updraft to form but also need other factors such as rotation in the storm to form, but this rotation isn't needed for hail.
Do tornadoes form in the same type of cloud that a thunderstorm does?
Yes. Tornadoes need thunderstorms to form.
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.
Cumulonimbus clouds form when warm moist air is suddenly lifted how can the same cumulonimbus cloud produce rain and hail?
The cloud is formed like that but, in certain conditions that allow for it to be tall enough for the water to move fast enough to freeze for lightning to occur. But, for hail the clouds need to be 40,000 feet tall or so, this allows the water to freeze into ice.
Can A Tornado Happen With No Clouds?
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.
When do cumulonimbus clouds form?
When the following three conditions are met cumulonimbus clouds will form: A ready supply of warm, moist air, which can rise at speeds up to 70 miles per hour Tropospheric winds need to increase considerably with height to encourage it to lean forward The atmosphere around the cloud needs to be "unstable" i.e., no temperature inversion
How does a really tall cumulonimbus cloud form?
First we need to know how cumulonimbus clouds in general form. Cumulonimbus clouds develop when the atmosphere is unstable. Generally, air temperature drops with increasing altitude, and warm air tents to rise through cold air. But, when air is made to rise it decompresses and cools. Under most conditions this air will soon become cooler than the surrounding air and sink back down. In this situation the atmosphere is said to be stable. If, however, the rising mass of air remains warmer than the surrounding air it will continue to rise on its own buoyancy and the atmosphere is said to be unstable. In the case of a cumulonimbus cloud this instability is provided by moisture. Water vapor holds a lot of energy in the form of latent heat. As a rising moist air mass cools the moisture in it condenses into clouds and rain, releasing its latent heat. The energy release dramatically slows the rate at which the rising air cools, so it remains warmer for longer. If there is enough heat and moisture, and the atmosphere is unstable enough the rising air mass will form a cumulonimbus cloud. Eventually the rising air mass will reach the same temperature as its surroundings and stop rising, forming the distinct flat top of a cumulonimbus. More latent heat and a colder upper atmosphere lead to taller cumulonimbus cloud. Since the height a cumulonimbus is an indicator of the degree of instability, the tallest thunderstorms are usually the strongest.
Why does it hail when there's no tornado outside?
Tornadoes themselves are not the cause of hail, thunderstorms are. In order to produce hail a storm must have a strong updraft to keep hailstones in the air as they form and a fairly large amount of turbulence to create the cycle that forms hail. Tornadoes also need a strong updraft to form but also need other factors such as rotation in the storm to form, but this rotation isn't needed for hail.
Can stratus clouds produce thunderstorms?
No. Thunderstorms form from cumulonimbus,bus clouds, which in turn form from cumulus clouds. Status clouds are not convective. Thunderstorms need convection to form.
What 3 things do you need to form a cloud?
you need low air pressure and oxygen and.................
Do tornadoes form in the same type of cloud that a thunderstorm does?
Yes. Tornadoes need thunderstorms to form.
Why do solid particles of dust need to be present for a cloud to form?
Water droplets need to condense on them.
How does the cumlonimbus cloud form?
Cumulus clouds can develop into cumulonimbus clouds, which are usually thunderstorms. All thunderstorms contain an updraft, which is a rising air current. Under the right conditions this updraft can start rotating, becoming a mesocyclone. The thunderstorm is now called a supercell. Sometimes the bottom of the mesocyclone can tighten and intensify to produce a tornado.
Why does hail and rain occur before a tornado is going to hit?
Tornadoes need thunderstorms to form and they usually form in the updraft portion of a supercell, which is in near the back of the storm. The downdraft portion, where most of the rain and hail can be found is in the from half.
Why do you need moisture to form a cloud?
Well, moisture is IN rain and rain COMES from clouds
