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The process is not fully understood. But, to start off, you need a special kind of thunderstorm called a supercell. Supercells form when the speed and direction of the wind changes significantly with latitude, a condition called wind shear. This tilts thunderstorms, separating the updraft of the storm from the downdraft. This allows the updraft to intensify without the downdraft choking it off, allowing the storm to grow stronger and last longer. Usually the updraft is in the back of the storm while the downdraft is in the front. The wind shear also sets the thunderstorms rotating. The rotation is particularly present in a powerful, rotating updraft called a mesocyclone. As the bottom of the mesocyclone intensifies and pressure drops it triggers a new downdraft near the back of the storm descends and wraps around the mesocyclone, tightening and intensifying the rotation to produce a tornado.
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How are tornadoes related to frontal systems?
Tornadoes are produced by thunderstorms. Most of the thunderstorms that produce tornadoes develop along weather fronts, particularly cold fronts.
What is the relationship between a cloud and a tornado?
Tornadoes develop from thunderstorms, which are cumulonimbus clouds.
What is the percentage of thunderstorms do tornadoes occur?
Tornadoes occur in about 1% of thunderstorms.
Do tornadoes form from thunderstorms?
Yes. Tornadoes form from thunderstorms, usually supercells.
What clouds are thunderstorms and tornadoes associated with?
Thunderstorms and the tornadoes the produce are associated with cumulonimbus clouds.
What tornadoes develop in the same type of clouds that bring thunderstorms?
All tornadoes are produced by thunderstorms.
How are tornadoes related to frontal systems?
Tornadoes are produced by thunderstorms. Most of the thunderstorms that produce tornadoes develop along weather fronts, particularly cold fronts.
Do tornadoes develop in the same clouds that develop thunderstorms?
Not only, that. The thunderstorm is what produces the tornado.
Does weather cause tornadoes?
Yes. Tornadoes are a form of weather that develop during severe thunderstorms.
Are severe thunderstorms and tornadoes alike?
They do have some similarities. Both are violent weather events than can develop quickly. Tornadoes themselves are a product of severe thunderstorms.
What is the relationship between a cloud and a tornado?
Tornadoes develop from thunderstorms, which are cumulonimbus clouds.
Do tornadoes develop in the same type of cloud that brings thunderstorms?
To a point, yes. Storms that develop tornadoes are much more powerful and lower pressure than a "normal" thunderstorm, but both forms could be classified as a thunderstorm.
Are there thunderstorms before a tornado?
Tornadoes occur during thunderstorms. In most cases, though not all the time, tornadoes develop in the rear portion of the parent storm. So in most cases, yes, you will experience thunderstorm conditions before a tornado hits. However, some tornadoes can develop at or near the leading edge of a line of thunderstorms.
Do thunderstorms and tornadoes come from nimbostratus clouds?
No. Thunderstorms form from cumulonimbus clouds, and tornadoes form from thunderstorms. Cucmulonimbus clouds develop in highly unstable atmosphere, while nimbo stratus indicates a fairly stable atmosphere.
Why do tornadoes develop in tropical areas?
Warm, moist air, such as that found in the tropics is what fuels thunderstorms, and strong thunderstorms are what produce tornadoes. However, tornadoes are more often found in more temperate areas, where colliding air masses can produce even stronger thunderstorms.
Do tornadoes come from clouds and hurricanes?
Tornadoes develop during thunderstorms, which are themselves giant cumulonimbus clouds. Some tornadoes are produced by hurricanes, but most are not.
What do thunderstorms have to do with Tornadoes?
Tornadoes need thunderstorms to form.
