Most tornadoes form from thunderstorms along a front associated with a cyclone, but most cyclones do not produce tornadoes.
A cyclone is more closely related to a hurricane. A cyclone is a general term used to describe a rotating low-pressure weather system, which can develop into hurricanes, typhoons, or tropical cyclones depending on the region. Tornadoes, on the other hand, form in severe thunderstorms and are characterized by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud extending from the sky to the ground.
No. A hurricane is a type of cyclone, but a tornado is not. A cyclone is a large-scale weather system. A tornado is a small-scale circulation.
The vast majority of tornadoes are cyclonic, though it would be incorrect to call them cyclones. Anticyclonic tornadoes are rare, accounting for less than 1% of all tornadoes.
Cyclones typically form over warm ocean waters near the equator. The location where a cyclone forms can vary depending on the region and type of cyclone—hurricanes form in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, typhoons in the western Pacific, and cyclones in the Indian Ocean. The specific conditions that lead to cyclone formation include warm sea surface temperatures, high humidity, and a low-pressure system.
Within a tropical cyclone the winds at lower levels are slower than those at upper levels, especially if the storm is moving onto land. At these lower speeds, the low-level winds blow more toward the center of the cyclone, while upper-level winds move in a more circular fashion. This creates wind shear, which can lead to rotation in some of the storm cells within the cyclone. This rotation can lead to the formation of tornadoes.
No country really calls a cyclone a tornado. Some parts of the U.S. a tornado a cyclone, though a tornado and a cyclone are two different things. In the U.S. however a strong tropical cyclone is called a hurricane.
No. A cyclone can be any large scale low pressure system and does not necessarily produce strong winds. Tornadoes, though, by definition produce very strong winds. The strongest gust ever recorded in a cyclone was 253 mph. By contrast, winds of 302 mph have been recorded in tornadoes.
No. Simply put, a hurricane is a specific type of cyclone (i.e. a tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 mph). Tornadoes are produced by thunderstorms which are in turn usually produced by a cyclone or the fronts that may be associated with it. But many cyclones do not produce tornadoes.
Tornadoes can occur in the warm sector of a developing mid-latitude cyclone, typically associated with the cold front. Tornadoes often form along the leading edge of the cold front where warm, moist air is lifted rapidly by the advancing cold air.
They are not. Tornadoes are much smaller than cyclones. A true cyclone is generally a few hundred miles across while tornadoes are rarely over a mile wide. Tornadoes are smaller because they form within individual thunderstorms while cyclones are their own weather systems.
Sometimes tornadoes are called tornadoes, though it is technically incorrect to do so.
No. A cyclone can produce tornadoes, but it cannot become one. They are two very different types of weather event.
A Bora is not a cyclone. Tornadoes more features in common with cyclones, but they are technically not cyclones either.
No. Cyclones and tornadoes are completely different phenomena.
The plural form of cyclone is cyclones.
Because when tornadoes hit the ground they spin in a cyclone-like vortex of wind, dust and debris.
A tornado is not necessarily associated with a front at all. Tornadoes will often form along or ahead of a cold front or dry line, and can occasionally form along a wamr front. One common area where tornadoes may form is Larko's triangle, which is near the center of a low pressure system between the cold front, the warm front, and the first isobar. Tornadoes will often form in the outerbands of a tropical cyclone, where no fronts are involved.