You cannot see the air itself, but you can see things that are in the air. The funnel itself is condensation. It consists of tiny droplets of water just like an ordinary cloud. Air entering tornado undergoes a rapid pressure drop which in turn causes a temperature drop. Since the air flowing into a tornado is usually moist, this causes the moisture to condense.
Tornadoes can also lift significant amounts of soil and occasionally larger debris into the air, forming a debris cloud which can sometimes engulf the funnel.
The air pressure in a tornado is lower than that outside the tornado. That is why the wind blows toward the funnel.
The air pressure in a tornado is lower than that of its surrounding but the pressure difference varies with the strength of the tornado. The greater the pressure difference, the stronger the tornado. The greatest pressure drop recorded from a tornado was 100 millibars or about 10%.
No, the rotation of a tornado is stronger than its updraft.
A tornado's funnel cloud forms when warm, moist air rises rapidly and creates a rotating column of air. This spinning motion causes the air to condense into a funnel shape, which is visible as the iconic tornado funnel cloud.
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It's not that you see the actually air inside a tornado, but you actually see the debris, dust, and other objects that it picks up along the way. Sometimes, however, you see the tornado because of the moist air that's inside of it, which lets you be able to see it, kind of like a visible cloud.
A tornado is a narrow, violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground. Because wind is invisible, it is hard to see a tornado .
No. A tornado is a vortex of air. There is no air in space.
Thunderstorms are likely to occur when warm, moist air and cold, dry air collide. In the United States, this occurs in Tornado Alley, there is a link attached so you can see were Tornado Alley is.
Air is continuously moving up in a tornado. This means that air surrounding the tornado must move in to replace the rising air.
The air pressure drops sharply in a tornado
The air pressure in a tornado is lower than that outside the tornado. That is why the wind blows toward the funnel.
No. It is the spinning air that forms a tornado.
A tornado is made of air. Air moves into a tornado and spirals upward at high speed.
Air flows into the tornado and forms a rapidly rotating vortex. Inside the tornado air air flows upward. The winds in the tornado are strong enough to damage or destroy structures and vegetation.
A tornado is primarily composed of rotating air that forms a violently swirling column extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. This rotating air can reach extremely high wind speeds and is capable of causing significant damage.
No. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air. There is no air in space.