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The process of tornado formation starts when wind shear starts the updraft a a thunderstorm rotating, turning it into a supercell.
If the right kind of down draft, called a rear-flank down draft occurs it can wrap around the rotating updraft, which is called a mesocyclone, and turn it into a more intense circulation: a tornado.
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When does a tornado actually become a tornado?
A tornado is officially confirmed when a rotating column of air reaches the ground and makes contact with the surface. This contact creates the characteristic funnel cloud shape that is associated with tornadoes.
What happens before the tornado hits the ground?
Before a tornado hits the ground, a rotating column of air forms in the storm cloud known as a funnel cloud. This funnel cloud extends towards the ground, and once it makes contact, the tornado is then officially considered to have touched down.
What are the gases which comprise a tornado?
The same gasses that comprise regular air: nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapor, and trace amounts of others.
What makes the tornado in the bottle spin?
When you flip the bottle you impart some circulation into the bottle. As water gets pulled in towards the hole at the bottom of the bottle this circulation speeds up through the conservation of angular momentum. The draining water and vortex enhance one another until it forms a "tornado."
What makes a tornado run out of energy?
Tornadoes get their energy from the rotating updraft of their parent thunderstorm. If cold or dry air gets into the updraft it will weaken it (warm, moist air rises more easily), causing the tornado to dissipate.
What makes a wedge tornado?
A wedge tornado is a tornado that appears wider than it is tall.
What makes a wedge?
A wedge tornado is a tornado that appears wider than it is tall.
What does cold and hot air make?
it makes a tornado
What makes tornado winds blow?
Pressure decreases sharply, reaching its lowest at the center of the tornado. This pulls air toward the center of the tornado and then drawn into the tornado's updraft. The tornado spins as it originates from a larger circulation called a mesocyclone.
How far away do you have to be for m a tornado?
please use complete sentences and words... "for m a tornado" makes no sense
What makes a tornado's funnel appear pink?
A tornado's funnel may appear pink if it is lit up by the setting sun.
What does Hot and cold air moving making what?
it makes a tornado
Who makes tornado fighter jets?
UK, Germany and Italy
When does a tornado actually become a tornado?
A tornado is officially confirmed when a rotating column of air reaches the ground and makes contact with the surface. This contact creates the characteristic funnel cloud shape that is associated with tornadoes.
What makes a tornado hit the ground?
There has to be circulation inside of a storm which if there is a tornado then it has that circulation. What makes it touchdown is when you have a strong updraft and downdraft which pushes that horizontal rotation into a vertical position which causes the funnel cloud to come in contact with the ground causing a tornado.
When does a funnel cloud become a tornado?
A funnel cloud becomes a tornado when it makes contact with the ground. Until that point, it is just a rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm cloud. Once it touches down, it is classified as a tornado.
What is the strong tornado that forms a cloud of dust when it makes contact with the ground?
A strong tornado that forms a cloud of dust when it makes contact with the ground is called a "dust devil." Dust devils are relatively small whirlwinds that occur in arid or semi-arid regions and are driven by intense heating at the surface creating updrafts. Unlike tornadoes, dust devils are not associated with thunderstorms.
