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What type of relationship exists between time and wind speed?

Time and wind speed have a dynamic relationship where wind speed can change over time due to various factors such as weather conditions, atmospheric pressure, and climate patterns. Wind speed may increase or decrease over time, leading to fluctuations in the intensity of winds.


Are tornadoes found to be more prevalent near wind farms?

There is no evidence to suggest that tornadoes are more prevalent near wind farms. Tornadoes are formed by specific atmospheric conditions such as warm, moist air interacting with cold, dry air, whereas wind farms are designed to harness wind energy and do not influence tornado formation.


What keeps wind rotating inside a tornado?

The rotation in a tornado is driven by the wind shear, which is the change in wind speed and direction with height. This wind shear creates a horizontal rotation that is then tilted vertically by updrafts in the storm, leading to the spinning motion of the tornado.


Does the wind go toward a tornado?

Yes, the wind typically flows inward toward a tornado in a rotating motion. This rotation creates the characteristic funnel shape of a tornado as the air spirals inward towards the center of low pressure.


Is the wind rotation of a tornado faster in the center or outside?

The wind rotation of a tornado is typically faster in the center, which is known as the eye of the tornado. The wind speed decreases as you move away from the center towards the outer edges of the tornado.

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What type of relationship exists between time and wind speed?

Time and wind speed have a dynamic relationship where wind speed can change over time due to various factors such as weather conditions, atmospheric pressure, and climate patterns. Wind speed may increase or decrease over time, leading to fluctuations in the intensity of winds.


What is the difference between a tornado or flood?

A Tornado is swirly fast wind, a flood is rising water levels...


Does a tornado have wind?

A tornado IS wind- very fast winds spinning in a circle.


Are icebergs stronger than a tornado?

There is no basis for comparison between the two. An iceberg's "strength" is its mass and hardness. A tornado's strength is its wind speed.


Is there such thing as tornado wind?

Yes, in simplest terms a tornado is a vortex of very strong wind.


What device is used to determine the direction and wind speed of a tornado?

The speed and direction of a tornado can be determined using Doppler radar by measuring how far the tornado moves between sweeps and in what direction.


Which direction will the wind blow when a tornado is near?

That varies. If you are close enough to be in the area of the tornado's inflow then the wind will blow almost directly towards the tornado, perhaps a little to the right of that direction. In that case the wind direction will depend on where the tornado is relative to you. If you are beyond the inflow area for the tornado, then nothing about the wind direction would indicate the approaching tornado.


Are tornadoes found to be more prevalent near wind farms?

There is no evidence to suggest that tornadoes are more prevalent near wind farms. Tornadoes are formed by specific atmospheric conditions such as warm, moist air interacting with cold, dry air, whereas wind farms are designed to harness wind energy and do not influence tornado formation.


What keeps wind rotating inside a tornado?

The rotation in a tornado is driven by the wind shear, which is the change in wind speed and direction with height. This wind shear creates a horizontal rotation that is then tilted vertically by updrafts in the storm, leading to the spinning motion of the tornado.


What is made out of a tornado?

A tornado is basically just a vortex of wind


What was the wind speed the worlds biggest tornado?

The largest tornado ever recorded was the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013. This tornado was 2.6 miles wide. Doppler radar measured a wind gust in the tornado at 296 mph, the second highest wind speed ever recorded in a tornado.


Is a tornado classed as wind?

A tornado is a type of wind storm, but in weather statistics, tornadoes are generally counted separately from other wind events.