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What type of cloud is usually associated with tornadoes?
cumulonimbus clouds
What kind of landforms do tornadoes effect?
Tornadoes are most often associated with plains areas, but they can occur in any sort of terrain. Climate has a bigger influence on tornado activity than topography does.
What clouds are thunderstorms and tornadoes associated with?
Thunderstorms and the tornadoes the produce are associated with cumulonimbus clouds.
Strong tornadoes form in a low cloud just below a thunderstorm what kind of cloud is this called?
A wall cloud.
Do tornadoes always come from a wall cloud?
No, a landspout is a type of tornado that forms without a wall cloud or mesocylcone. They are usually weaker than regular tornadoes.
What is the cloud type associated with tornadoes?
A cumulonimbus cloud is a thunderstorm cloud which is also the cloud associated with tornadoes. the phrase "nimbus" means rain.
What cloud type can be associated with tornadoes when it develops into a super cell?
A cumulonimbus cloud.
What severe weather in associated with a funnel cloud?
Funnel clouds are associated with tornadoes.
Is there a wall cloud with a tornado?
There often is. Most tornadoes are associated with a wall cloud but not all.
What type of cloud is usually associated with tornadoes?
cumulonimbus clouds
What cloud works with tornadoes?
Tornadoes develop during thunderstorms, which are associated with cumulonimbus clouds. Many will descned from a wall cloud at the base of a thunderstorm. The tornado itself may be visible as a funnel cloud.
What kind of clouds make a whirlwind?
It depends. Common whirlwinds such as dust devils and steam devils are not associated with any sort of cloud formation. Tornadoes involve multiple cloud types. In a typical case, a funnel cloud emeges from a wall cloud, which is attatched to a cumulonimbus cloud. Waterspouts can from from cumulonimbu or cumulus congestus clouds.
What is a mammatus on a tornado?
A mammatus cloud is not a cloud characteristic of tornadoes, but it is often associated with severe thunderstorms. Mammatus clouds consist of small, smooth puffs of cloud that hand down from the base of a larger cloud, often the anvil of a thunderstorm.
Are tornadoes a type of cloud?
No. Tornadoes themselves are a kind of violently rotating windstorm. The cloud of a tornado, known as the funnel, is found in most tornadoes but not all.
What kind of storm is normally associated with tornadoes?
Supercells are normally associated with tornadoes.
What kind of landforms do tornadoes effect?
Tornadoes are most often associated with plains areas, but they can occur in any sort of terrain. Climate has a bigger influence on tornado activity than topography does.
What type of cloud is known as a low cloud that lies just beneath thunderstormsand has strong tornadoes forming?
Strong tornadoes typically descend from a wall cloud.
