You’ve probably heard reporters refer to tornadoes as twisters, but is this correct? Are tornadoes and twisters really the same thing? Yes, they are. When you hear someone talk about a twister, they are indeed referring to a tornado. The word twister is slang for tornado, so it’s important to start any tornado vs twister …
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Landspout tornadoes are a type of tornado with a condensation funnel that is narrow and rope-like in shape. This kind of tornado develops while a thunderstorm cloud is still in the growth process and when there is a lack of rotating updraft. Rotating updraft is a spinning motion that begins near the ground level.
A multi-vortex tornado or multiple-vortex tornado is, as the name suggests, a tornado that consists of several vortices revolving around a principal vortex. These are known as subvortices or suction vortices. Here’s a guide to the science behind multi-vortex tornadoes, how they form and sustain themselves, and what exactly causes them.
While we’re all familiar with the kind of destruction tornadoes bring with them. We see them from afar on the horizon, connecting the skies and the earth. In many cases, they touch cumulonimbus clouds and are sometimes even the base of some clouds. Their distinctive funnel-shape can bring along wind speeds of up to 300mph. …
Rain-wrapped tornadoes develop when there is a thunderstorm and the atmosphere has an extremely high moisture content. Detecting this type of tornado is almost impossible because the funnel structure that identifies most tornadoes is hidden by the rain. They often aren’t seen until they are dangerously close, and at that point it is often too …
A waterspout tornado is a twister that forms over an ocean, lake, or river. Compared to tornadoes, hurricanes, fire storms, and thunderstorms, waterspout tornadoes may sound less threatening. However, while waterspouts are weaker and don’t last as long as most of their fellow weather phenomena, some waterspouts can be just as destructive.
Did you know there are different kinds of tornadoes? One type of tornado, a stovepipe tornado, is a distinct type of funnel cloud or twister that differs from other common tornado forms. In this article, we will go over what a stovepipe tornado looks like, how it acts and behaves, what environmental or meteorological conditions …
If you are a fan of thrillers or intrigued by natural disasters, then you might have wondered why the sky can turn green during (or just before) a tornado. And if you’ve never seen one in real life, we are here to tell you that yes, the sky can really turn an eerie shade of …
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