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Tornadoes produce a large pressure drop over a short distance. The exerts a great force on the air and cause it to reach great speeds. On top of this, on one side of the tornado, its forward speed will be added to its rotational speed. In northern hemisphere (counterclockwise) tornadoes this will be the right side, and in Southern Hemisphere (clockwise) tornadoes it will be on the left side. In some tornadoes, smaller vortices can develop that move with the rotation, rotating at up to 100 mph.
So that means if a tornado is moving at 30 mph (a typical speed), rotating at 100 mph, and has a subvortex rotating at 100 mph, winds on the right side of the tornado will at times reach 230 mph.
What else can I help you with?
What are the wind speeds of a F5 hurricane?
F5 is not a category used to rate hurricanes. The Fujita or "F" scale is only used for rating tornadoes.Hurricanes are rated on the Saffir-Simpson scale in which a category 5 hurricane has sustained winds of at least 156 mph.Fujita scale winds are only estimates, but the original estimates wind speed for an F5 tornado were 261 to 318 mph. However, this estimate is no believed to have been far too high and has been change on the Enhanced Fujita or "EF" scale to anything over 200 mph for an EF5 tornado.
How do tornadoes cause rapid changes to the Earth's surface?
Tornadoes cause rapid changes to the Earth's surface through their intense winds and debris. The high-speed winds can uproot trees, demolish buildings, and move large amounts of soil and rocks. The debris carried by the tornado can also erode and reshape the land as it is thrown around by the powerful winds. Overall, tornadoes can create significant and immediate alterations to the landscape in their path.
What is an area of high air pressure with winds that spiral outward?
anticlones
What is the first thing warren does to photograph a hurricane?
he finds a safe place that will be able to withstand the high winds
What do you call narrow belts of strong winds at high altitudes which flow from west to east?
They're called jet-streams.
What Tornado and thunderstorms have in common?
they both have high winds and both have high damages.
What is the strongest wind for a tornado?
The strongest winds in a tornado can reach speeds of over 300 mph (480 km/h), typically found in the most destructive tornadoes known as EF5 tornadoes. These extremely high winds can cause significant damage to structures and landscapes in their path.
How tornado winds can harm things on the ground?
The winds of a tornado are very vast. The force the winds carry can tear things apart or push them past their breaking point. The winds even in a "weak" tornado can also topple trees onto buildings. The winds in strong tornado can propel objects at high speeds, causing more damage than the wind alone. The stronger a tornado gets, the larger and heavier objects it can carry.
Does low pressure in a tornado cause buildings to explode as the tornado passes overhead?
No, buildings do not explode due to low pressure in a tornado. The destructive force in a tornado comes from high-speed winds and flying debris, not pressure differentials. Buildings may collapse or sustain damage from the strong winds and debris impact.
The destructive power of a tornado is due to what?
The destructive power of a tornado is primarily due to its strong winds, which can reach speeds of over 300 mph. Tornadoes can also cause damage through their ability to pick up and hurl debris at high speeds. Additionally, the intense low pressure inside a tornado can lead to structural damage to buildings and infrastructure.
Why do storm chasers like to experience hurricanes?
Hurricanes have high winds-like a tornado. Plus, a hurricane has the potential to produce a tornado.
How fast is wind spinning inside a tornado?
Tornado winds range widely. Based on estimates of the Enhanced Fujita Scale winds for an EF0 tornado, the weakest category, start at 65 mph (105 km/h). The upper limit of tornado winds is believed to be just over 300 mph (483 km/h), though tornadoes this strong are extremely rare. The average tornado is most likely a high-end EF0 with winds of about 80 mph (129 km/h). The tornadoes that cause the most significant damage that often make headlines are in the categories EF3-EF5 with estimated winds over 135 mph (217 km/h).
Does a tornado have very low pressure?
Yes, very low, that is why the winds are so high.
Is the wind inside a tornado very strong?
Yes. Even a very weak tornado produces winds over 60 mph (95 km/h). The most violent tornadoes can produce winds over 200 mph (320 km/h), with one tornado having winds measured at just over 300 mph (480 km/h).
Why do the winds in a tornado reach such high speeds?
Winds in a tornado are extremely high because the pressure at the center of the tornado is much less than its surroundings, and this pressure drop occurs over a very small distance. Differences in pressure are what cause most winds. The greater the pressure difference over a given area, the greater the wind speed.
How do pressure differences explain the destructive effects of a tornado's winds?
Generally the lower the pressure inside a tornado (compared with its surroundings) the stronger and more destructive the winds are. For example, if the pressure surrounding two tornadoes is 960 millibars, a tornado with a central pressure of 860 millibars will be stronger than one with a pressure of 900 millibars.
Why does a tornado cause damage?
A tornado has extremely powerful winds, far stronger than those of a normal storm. The winds can tear away at buildings or simply push them over. If a tornado is strong enough the winds pick up objects and turn them into high speed projectiles that can cause even more damage.
