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Most tornadoes originate for a vortex called a mesocyclone, a rotating updraft found in some thunderstorms, particularly supercells. A downdraft from the rear portion of the thunderstorm wrap around the mesocyclone, causing it to tighten and stretch toward the ground. In the process it intensifies. When this tighter circulation reaches the ground it becomes a tornado. At this point air can no longer flow into it from below, causing the pressure inside to drop, causing the winds in the newly formed tornado to intensify.
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What forms the shape of a tornado?
a tornado is formed by a thunderstorm
What part of the storm does a tornado form in?
A tornado usually forms from a mesocyclone, which occurs in the updraft or rear portion of some thunderstorms.
When will the next tornado hit Scotland and where?
It is impossible to make long term predictions for when and where a tornado will occur. At best, we will know about this next tornado a few minutes before it forms.
What is the characteristic cloud of a tornado?
Tornadoes are often made visible by a funnel cloud, which forms as a result of the pressure drop inside the tornado.
What is the cloud formation called before a tornado funnel forms?
The cloud formation before a tornado funnel forms is typically a rotating wall cloud. This type of cloud is often associated with severe thunderstorms and can indicate that a tornado may develop. It is important to take shelter if you see a rotating wall cloud, as it could produce a tornado.
Which is the first thing that happens when a tornado forms?
When a tornado forms, violent rotating winds reach ground level, often kicking up a cloud of dust in the process.
What happens when rapidly falling cold air meets rapidly rising hot air?
A tornado forms
What forms the shape of a tornado?
a tornado is formed by a thunderstorm
What happens to living and non living things if a tornado happens?
The area in which the tornado happens can erode the area away cause the animals that lived there to have no home or die of the tornado
It can change into a water spout?
A water spout is a type of tornado that forms over water. It happens when a tornado crosses over a body of water and starts pulling up water into the air. The spinning motion of the tornado creates a funnel-shaped cloud with water droplets.
Where is a tornado called a waterspout?
A tornado is called a waterspout anywhere that it forms on water.
What do you call a tornado that forms over a calm sea?
A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
Does a tornado cause the air inside a thunderstorm to spin?
No. It is the spinning air that forms a tornado.
A violent windstorm that forms a rotating column of air called a vortex is a?
tornado.
Does the air pressure change inside the tornado?
Yes the pressure drops as the tornado forms and progresses. The tornado's lowest pressure is in the center.
Why does a tornado move up instead of down?
Air in a tornado moves up because the tornado forms in the updraft portion of a thunderstorm.
What a tornado looks like?
A waterspout it a tornado that forms on a body of water. It looks like a land formed tornado but on a smaller scale.
