answersLogoWhite

0

While animals might know that a bad storm is approaching it is doubtful that they can sense tornadoes specifically.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Earth Science

What attracts Tornadoes?

Nothing in particular "attracts" tornadoes in a literal sense. However, they are most likely to form under a certain set of weather conditions. In most basic terms, when thunderstorms encounter wind shear, or differences in speed and direction with altitude, they can start rotating and, in turn, produce tornadoes. Thunderstorms normally develop when warm, moist air exists beneath layer of cold air. The strongest storms, those most likely to produce tornadoes, most often form along fronts, when air masses with different properties collide.


Do cats know when a tornado is about to hit?

Cats do not have the ability to predict natural disasters like tornadoes. However, animals may sense changes in the environment such as changes in air pressure or sounds associated with storms, which may trigger their natural instincts to seek shelter.


Why is there a calm before the storm?

The calm before the storm refers to a period of quiet or stillness that often occurs before a sudden and intense event or change. This calm allows for a sense of anticipation and preparation before the storm hits, giving people a chance to brace themselves for what is to come.


Can animals sense approaching asteroids or meteorites?

There is no scientific evidence to suggest that animals can sense approaching asteroids or meteorites. These celestial events usually occur with little warning and at high altitudes, making it unlikely for animals to detect them before impact.


What scale do they us for tornadoes?

There are three scales used for rating tornadoes. All of them use damage to estimate wind speed. The best known scale and first to be developed is the Fujita (F) scale,created in 1971, which goes for F0 at the weakest to F5 at the strongest most countries today use the Fujita scale. Next is the little-known TORRO (T) scale developed in 1975. It goes from T0 at the weakest to T11 at the strongest. In a sense it divides each level on the Fujita scale in two (T0 and T1 equal an F0, T10 and T11 equal an F5). It is used chiefly in Britain. Finally there is the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale, developed in 2007, which goes from EF0 to EF5. It is much like the original Fujita scale and has much the same categories. But it involves more detailed damage analysis and uses different wind estimates as the original one were found to be inaccurate, especially for F4 and F5 tornadoes. It is used only in the U.S.

Related Questions

How many people out of 10 are killed by tornadoes?

The number of people killed by tornadoes is so low that an "out of 10" comparison doesn't make sense. You'd need to get into the "out of ten millions" or even into the "out of hundred millions" Before you'd get numbers that make sense.


Can gerbils sense when a tornado is coming?

Probably not. Although they may respond to signs that storm is coming, perhaps by hearing thunder before we do, it is unlikely that they can sense tornadoes specifically.


Can tornadoes hop?

In a sense. Some tornadoes, usually the weaker ones, only touch down intermittently.


Do tornadoes sweep?

In one sense, you could say they do. In the most violent tornadoes houses are said to be swept away.


What is como punta llegar?

It is a juxtaposition of three unrelated Spanish words. Como can mean, I eat, how, what, which, or as.Punta means point, the noun. Llegar means to arrive, the infinitive verb. "As point to arrive?" "I eat point to arrive?" "How point to arrive?" If these phrases make no sense in English it's because they also make no sense in Spanish.


In Invention of Love, we see a sense of wonder and excitement in the woman?

as she and the man arrive in the city.


Does a tornado build up land or break down land?

Tornadoes can cause soil erosion, though it is usually not significant except in extremely violent tornadoes. So in that sense they break it down.


Do all tornadoes touch the ground?

By definition a tornado must be in contact with both the ground and the cloud base. So, in that sense, yeas. But this only means that the violent circulation must make this connection, not necessarily the visible funnel. Additionally, sometimes a tornado starts to form, but dissipates before touching down, but in that case it is not considered a tornado.


What time would flight 1845 from Montreal arrive in gatwick local time?

Your question makes no sense.


How did the plains Indians survive tornadoes?

The Plains Indians would have been very in tune with nature and the elements. They would have been able to sense a change in weather and like dug trenches to retreat to when tornadoes happened.


Does a tornado jump?

In a sense. Some tornadoes are only in intermittent contact with the ground, touching down and lifting multiple times.


What words can go before or after sense?

Before: Common, good, sixth sense After: Of humor, of direction, of danger