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What exactly is a tornado and briefly explain how a tornado forms?
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∙ 13y ago
A tornado is a violent swirling funnel that usually happens in very intense thunderstorms.
They form when thunderstorms start rotating due to interactions with wind shear. This rotation then tightens and intensifies to form a tornado.
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A whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud?
The whirling wind forms a tornado.
What is the strong tornado that forms a cloud of dust when it makes contact with the ground?
It is simply a tornado and even a tornado that is considered "weak" by tornado standards can produce a cloud of dust at ground level.
What is a whirling circular mass of air and water in the center of a tornado?
The tornado itself is a whirling circular mass of air. Condensation of water droplets at the tornado's core forms the funnel.
What is a severe weather condition that forms quickly without warning?
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 forms the shape of a tornado?
a tornado is formed by a thunderstorm
Is a tornado a type of cloud that forms circles around twists and or rotates?
Not exactly. A tornado itself is a violently rotating windstorm that usually creates a condensation funnel, but a tornado can develop without a funnel.
Where is a tornado called a waterspout?
A tornado is called a waterspout anywhere that it forms on water.
A whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud?
The whirling wind forms a tornado.
What do you call a tornado that forms over a calm sea?
A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
Briefly describe three art forms which emerged during colonial period?
Briefly describe three art forms which emerged during colonial period
Does a tornado cause the air inside a thunderstorm to spin?
No. It is the spinning air that forms a tornado.
Does the air pressure change inside the tornado?
Yes the pressure drops as the tornado forms and progresses. The tornado's lowest pressure is in the center.
Why does a tornado move up instead of down?
Air in a tornado moves up because the tornado forms in the updraft portion of a thunderstorm.
What a tornado looks like?
A waterspout it a tornado that forms on a body of water. It looks like a land formed tornado but on a smaller scale.
What type of clouds grow during a tornado?
When a tornado forms it often produces a funnel cloud.
What type of cloud is in a tornado?
The cloud that forms the visible part of a tornado is called a funnel cloud.
