How does a tornado travel across the ground?

Answer 1

Tornadoes can travel in any direction, but most often move northeast. Wind itself often rotates about the tornado's center, counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern. Some tornadoes also contain smaller subvortices.

Answer 2

air within a tornado spirals inward and upward. Within a certain radius wind no longer moves inward, as the core of the tornado rotates as if it were a solid object. In some tornadoes there is a downdraft, or downward current of air, at the center of the tornado. Sometimes this can cause smaller, short lived vortices to develop inside the tornado. These vortices circle within the tornado at the same speed that the tornado rotates, adding their own tangential speed to the tornado's wind speed.

Answer 3

Tornadoes move along the ground in a zigzagging path due to changes in wind direction and speed at different altitudes. The rotation of the tornado combined with updrafts and downdrafts within the storm system move it along the surface. The speed and direction of a tornado's path can vary depending on the overall atmospheric conditions.

Answer 4

A tornadoes moves with the thunderstorm that produces it. The storm itself is carried either by prevailing winds or by the winds of the storm system that produced it.

Answer 5

A tornadoes moves with the thunderstorm that produces it. The storm itself is carried either by prevailing winds or by the winds of the storm system that produced it.

Answer 6

A tornado travels with the storm that produces it. The storm's movement is determined by large scale wind currents.

Answer 7

A tornado generally moves with its parent thunderstorm. The storm is moved as it is pushed along by large-scale wind patterns.