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Is a tornado a cloud?
No. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. A tornado is often, but not always made visible by a funnel cloud. But the tornado is not the cloud itself.
What is a wall cloud on a tornado?
A wall cloud is a lowering of a cloud base that is often seen before a tornado forms. It marks the most intense portion of the mesocyclone, the rotating updraft from which a tornado forms. The links below shows picture of what wall clouds often look like.
A rotating cone shaped column of air extending downward from a cloud when it touches the ground it is called a tornado?
A rotating cone shaped column of air extending downward from a cloud when it touches the ground it is called a tornado
Explain very briefly how a dark cloud becomes a tornado?
First, the storm itself has to be rotating. A downdraft from another part of the rotating air and tightens and intensifies it into a tornado.
What is a violently rotating column of air stretching from cloud to ground?
a rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground is a Tornado
What is a tornado before it is a tornado?
Before a tornado touches down it is called a funnel cloud, which looks like a tornado but does not reach the ground. A funnel cloud develops from the mesocyclone of a supercell thunderstorm. A supercell thunderstorm is characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone, which is a deep, continuously-rotating updraft.
What rotating air mass is in a thunderstorm cloud?
A tornado
Is a tornado a cloud?
No. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. A tornado is often, but not always made visible by a funnel cloud. But the tornado is not the cloud itself.
Is a tornado a big cloud?
No, a tornado is a violent, rotating wind storm. The funnel cloud formed by a tornado is usually small compared with other clouds.
What is a huge rotating column of air that descends from a cloud?
A tornado.
What is a wall cloud on a tornado?
A wall cloud is a lowering of a cloud base that is often seen before a tornado forms. It marks the most intense portion of the mesocyclone, the rotating updraft from which a tornado forms. The links below shows picture of what wall clouds often look like.
What is a column of violently rotating air in the shape of a funnel cloud?
A tornado
What is the wall cloud in a tornado?
The wall cloud is a large section of cloud extending down from the base of a thunderstorm. The wall cloud marke the strongest part of the mesocyclone, which is the rotating updraft that can produce a tornado. A funnel cloud or tornado usually extends from the base of a wall cloud.
What severe storm that forms as a rapidly rotating funnel cloud?
A tornado is often visible as a funnel cloud.
A rotating cone shaped column of air extending downward from a cloud when it touches the ground it is called a tornado?
A rotating cone shaped column of air extending downward from a cloud when it touches the ground it is called a tornado
A serve storm that forms as a rapidly rotating funnel cloud is called?
A tornado.
What does tornado mean?
A tornado is a violent, rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud.
