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Fist you need air that is warm and moist. Air like this is often unstable, which allows it to produce thunderstorms. Then you need something to trigger these storms. Usually it is a mass of cooler or direr air colliding with the original air mass, though sometimes the storms may be triggered by a hurricane or other storms system moving in. You also need wind shear. This is ultimately what gives the storms the rotation they need to produce tornadoes.

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Does every tornado have a vortex?

Yes, every tornado has a vortex, which is the rapidly rotating column of air that extends from the base of the storm clouds to the ground. This vortex is what causes the destructive winds associated with tornadoes.


A violent windstorm that forms a rotating column of air called a vortex is a?

tornado


What is a vortex of a water tornado?

A vortex generator is an aerodynamic surface, consisting of a small vane that creates a vortex. Some surfaces on an airplane can result in air flow separating from the surface or skin. A vortex generator creates a tip vortex which draws energetic, rapidly-moving air from outside the slow-moving boundary layer into contact with the aircraft skin. This keeps the flow close to the aircraft surfaces. Vortex generators delay flow separation and aerodynamic stalling; they improve the effectiveness of control surfaces. You may see vortex generators as a row of small vanes that are mounted in a row along a tail surface.


What caused the formation of the tornado to multiple?

The appears to be asking about multiple vortex tornadoes. The process of how a tornado becomes multiple vortex is called vortex breakdown. Thi occurs when the wind in a tornado is spinning so fast that it cannot reach the center. The low pressure instead draws air down the middle. This causes the tornado to expand. When the downward moving air reaches the ground it spreads out. Complex interactions between this outward moving air and air flowing into the tornado leads to the formation of smaller vortices within the tornado.


A vortex of air rising into a cloud?

tornado

Related Questions

How can a tornado form in space?

Tornadoes cannot form in space. A tornado is a vortex of air. There is no air in space.


Is a tornado a form of gas?

No, it is a vortex that is made out of a gaseous mixture (air)


What does A vortex have to do with an tornado?

A vortex is a spinning flow of air or liquid. In a tornado, a vortex forms when warm, moist air meets cool, dry air, creating a rotating column of air that extends from the base of the storm cloud to the ground. This rotating vortex is what gives a tornado its destructive power.


Can a tornado happen in space?

No. A tornado is a vortex of air. There is no air in space.


What is a vortex related to tornado?

A vortex is a spinning or rotating movement in a liquid or gas. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air and thus is a type of vortex.


How does wind make up a tornado?

A tornado is a very intense vortex of air. Air spirals in towards the low pressure at the center of the tornado and is then drawn upwards. Most tornadoes form from a larger vortex called a mesocyclone, which is part of the updraft of some thunderstorms. At some point this vortex tightens and intensifies to form a tornado.


What are are tornadoes?

There is no such thing as an actual tornado underwater, as a tornado is, by definition, a vortex of air. However, a vortex underwater is called a whirlpool.


Does every tornado have a vortex?

Yes, every tornado has a vortex, which is the rapidly rotating column of air that extends from the base of the storm clouds to the ground. This vortex is what causes the destructive winds associated with tornadoes.


A violent windstorm that forms a rotating column of air called a vortex is a?

tornado


Is a whirlpool a underwater tornado?

No. A whirlpool is simply a vortex in water. A tornado is a very specific kind of vortex that by definition take place in air.


What is the name for a tornado underwater?

maelstrom (whirlpool), though it should be noted that this should be called an underwater vortex as, by definition, a tornado is a vortex of air.


Why does the air near a tornado vortex get sucked into it?

Air is continuously moving up in a tornado. This means that air surrounding the tornado must move in to replace the rising air.