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Sometimes when a tornado gains strength it starts spinning too rapidly for wind moving into the tornado to reach the center. The center becomes a relatively calm area similar to the eye of a hurricane where air sinks instead of rises. When the sinking air reaches the ground it spreads out and collides with the air flowing into the tornado. Interactions between the colliding air currents gives rise to multiple vortices within the tornado.
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What causes a tornadoes to spilt?
Tornadoes don't exactly split, but there are multiple vortex tornadoes. A multiple vortex tornado may appear to be composed of several smaller tornadoes but is still in fact one tornado. The process by which this happens is not fully understood, but it begins when a downdraft is forced down the center of the tornado, widening it. If the tornado has the right ratio of rotational speed to vertical speed it can develop a multiple vortex structure.
Tornadoes can form when wind at different blows in different directions and at different speeds?
That itself does not cause tornadoes, but a similar phenomenon is a factor in tornado formation. When wind at different altitudes blows in different speeds and directions, the air in between and start to roll horizontally. This is called wind shear. Again, wind shear alone cannot produce a tornado, but it is an important factor in how tornadoes form.
What type of wind do tornadoes form from?
Tornadoes usually form from a type of thunderstorm called a supercell. Tornadoes themselves are a unique type of windstorm.
Do mostly tornadoes form in updrafts?
Entirely in updrafts. Tornadoes form in the updraft portion of a thunderstorm.
Do hurricanes and tornadoes both spin around a center of low air pressure?
Yes, both hurricanes and tornadoes spin around a center of low air pressure. In hurricanes, the low pressure center is called the eye, while in tornadoes, the center is a rotating column of air known as the vortex.
What country calls tornados multi vortex?
No country in particular calls tornadoes multi-vortex. Multi-vortex is a term used to describe a tornado that contains two or more smaller vortices inside the main vortex, regardless of where it occurs.
How are tornadoes weather?
A tornado is a violent vortex of wind that develops during a thunderstorm, which qualifies tornadoes as a form of severe weather.
How can a tornado form in space?
Tornadoes cannot form in space. A tornado is a vortex of air. There is no air in space.
What is it called when two tornadoes merge?
When two tornadoes combine to form a single, larger tornado, it is referred to as a tornado merger or tornado vortex merger. This phenomenon occurs when the circulations of two separate tornadoes interact and merge into a more powerful vortex.
Do tornadoes always begin as a vortex?
Yes. Every tornado is a vortex from beginning to end.
What are the key words for tornadoes?
vortex- a spiral or whirl
What is the singular and plural form of vortex?
The singular form of vortex is "vortex" and the plural form is "vortices."
What is the singular form of vortex?
Vortex already is a singular form. The plural can be vortexes or vortices. Both are equally correct.
Does a model tornado have a vortex?
Yes. Virtually all means of modeling tornadoes produce a vortex through some means.
What are are tornadoes?
There is no such thing as an actual tornado underwater, as a tornado is, by definition, a vortex of air. However, a vortex underwater is called a whirlpool.
What does wind have to do with tornadoes?
A tornado is a vortex of wind. Tornadoes develop from interactions of air currents (wind) within a thunderstorm.
Why is twister good name for tornadoes?
A tornado is a violently spinning vortex of wind. In other words, tornadoes twist.
