This is a tornado.
tornado
A vortex is form when the whirling motion of the cloud vortex results from a rapid downdraft of cold air replacing rising hot air.
tornado
The funnel cloud marks the location of a vortex where air spirals upward. This vortex formed from a larger vortex called mesocyclone, which was squeezed by a downdraft, causing it to tighten in diameter, intensify, and stretch vertically. This stretching causes it to extend downward.
This is a tornado.
tornado
A tornado
A vortex is form when the whirling motion of the cloud vortex results from a rapid downdraft of cold air replacing rising hot air.
tornado
A funnel cloud forms when the vortex of a developing tornado draws in moist air. As the air enters the vortex it undergoes a pressure drop, which in turn produce a temperature drop. This causes the moisture to condense and form a funnel cloud.
The funnel cloud marks the location of a vortex where air spirals upward. This vortex formed from a larger vortex called mesocyclone, which was squeezed by a downdraft, causing it to tighten in diameter, intensify, and stretch vertically. This stretching causes it to extend downward.
A tornadic vortex that is developing but has not yet reached the ground is called a funnel cloud.
The funnel cloud forms ins the very early stages as the vortex descends below cloud base. It pulls in moist air, and the pressure drop in side it cools the air, causing the moisture to condense.
vortex
Air is being pulled upward int a rotating vortex with a low pressure center. The low pressure produces a temperature drop, causing moisture in the air to condense.
Words related to tornadoes include: funnel cloud, wall cloud, mesocyclone, supercell, hook echo, rotation, vortex, subvortex, vortex breakdown, updraft, downdraft, and debris.