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What are the scientists called that chase tornadoes?
People who study tornadoes are a type of meteorologist.
What are spiraling columns of air during a thunderstorm called?
They are called tornadoes. Tornadoes are violent rotating columns of air that extend from a thunderstorm to the ground.
What is a group of tornadoes?
A group of tornadoes produced by the same storm system withing a day or so is called a tornado outbreak. A series of tornadoes produced in succession by the same supercell is called a tornado family.
What are tornadoes at sea called?
Tornadoes that occur over water are typically referred to as waterspouts. They are similar to tornadoes but form over a body of water instead of over land. Waterspouts can be dangerous to marine vessels but typically do not cause as much damage as tornadoes on land.
Does the sun have tornadoes?
No, the sun does not have tornadoes. Tornadoes require an atmosphere to form, which the sun does not have. However, the sun does have solar storms, which are different phenomena involving eruptions of hot gas and energy from its surface.
What else are tornadoes called?
Tornadoes are sometimes called twisters.
What are American tornadoes called?
Tornadoes in the United States are simply called tornadoes. In informal contexts they are sometimes called twisters.
What do they call tornadoes in US?
Tornadoes in the U.S. are called tornadoes.
Are tornadoes called anything or are thay just called tornadoes?
Tornadoes are sometimes called twisters, but tornado is the preferred scientific term.
What is another word for twister?
Tornadoes are formally called tornadoes.
What are Small tornadoes around the main tornado?
Smaller tornadoes near a larger tornadoes are often called satellite tornadoes. Smaller vortices within a tornado are called subvorticies or suction vorticies.
Another name you call tornadoes?
Tornadoes are often called twisters.
Does Sun have tornadoes?
Enormous vortices have been observed on the sun that resemble tornadoes. They have been called "solar tornadoes" but they are not tornadoes by the meteorological definition.
Is a tornado some times called a cyclone?
Sometimes tornadoes are called tornadoes, though it is technically incorrect to do so.
What are fire tornadoes also called?
They are also called fire whirls. This is the term preferred by scientists as they technically are not tornadoes.
What are tornadoes called when they hit the ground?
A tornado that touches the ground is simply a tornado. Before it touches down it is called a funnel cloud.
Can tornadoes travel over a body of water?
Yes, tornadoes on water are called waterspouts.
