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Is a tornado a violent windstorm that spirals around a rotating column of air of intense low pressure and moves in a narrow path over land?
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Why low pressure air spirals upwards?
The causality is the other way round: air spirals upwards and BECAUSE of that there is low pressure on the ground. The question should be WHY does the air rises upwards and WHY does it spiral? The spiralling comes from the coriolis effect. The rising comes from differences in mass density (lower density rises above higher density). That density difference may come from temperature differences. High pressure areas have the contrary effect: air falls down and causes high pressure on the ground.
What are the characteristics of a low pressure system?
In a low pressure system, air is rising. Air spirals inwards in a clockwise direction. In a low pressure system, rising air cools and clouds begin to form. Low pressure systems usually cover a smaller area than high pressure systems and move faster. Low pressure systems are associated with high precipitation.
3 characteristics of a high pressure system?
In a high pressure system, air is sinking. Air spirals outwards in an anticlockwise direction. In a high pressure system, sinking air becomes warm and stable. High pressure systems usually cover a greater area than low pressure systems and move slower. If located over land, high pressure systems are usually cloud-free.
What happens in the atmosphere when there is a tornado?
Tornadoes form during thunderstorms. These storms usually developing a warm, moist air mass ahead of a cold front (where cold air moves in) or dry line (where dry air moves in). Within the storm air rises rapidly in a strong updraft. The rising air cools causing the moisture to condense and release energy. At the same time, regional winds change significantly in speed and direction with height. This causes the updraft of the storm to rotate. It is form this rotation that the smaller, more intense circulation of a tornado may form. Within the tornado itself air spirals inward and upward rapidly around a center of intense low pressure. Because of the pressure drop air cools within the tornado, causing moisture to condense to form the visible funnel.
In a tornado the air spirals mostly vertically?
No, the rotation of a tornado is stronger than its updraft.
Why is a scroll compressor more efficient than a reciprocating compressor?
The scroll compressor is one that has spirals rotating into each other. The screw compressor is where two spirals are rotating in opposite directions.
What is happening in a tornado?
In a tornado, air rapidly spirals in toward a center of intense low pressure and then spirals upward. These strong, spiraling winds can cause severe damage. In some cases smaller vortices can develop wind winds up to100 mph faster than the main circulation. This results in a path where the severity of damage seems to vary erratically.
What happens when air rushes into a low pressure region in the northern hemisphere?
Spirals into a counterclockwise direction.
Describe the pressure flow and condensation level of tornado?
A tornado creates an area of low barometric pressure. Air spirals into the tornado and then spirals upward within it. The low pressure in a tornado cools air flowing into it, causing moisture to condense into the characteristic funnel. In many cases, though not all, the condensation reaches all the way to the ground.
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Why is it that the middle spiral of a tornado form?
A tornado usually forms from a large column of rotating air called a mesocyclone. A tornado therefore has quite a bit of angular momentum, so air spirals into the it.
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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.
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Why am i facinated by spirals? Don't you mean you are facinated with spirals cause you are a sad, socially rejected, friendzoned fragment of fridge magnet!
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