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Defined as a rapidly rotating column of air ranging in width from a few meters off more than a mile and whirling at destructively high speeds, accompanied usually by a funnel-shaped extension downward from a cumulonimbus cloud.
The word tornado comes from the Spanish word for tronada storm, this was in turn from the Latin "thundering" which means "thunder" was eventually filmed in "ternado" British sailors in 1500 appropriations, "meaning tropical storm" and aFinally, the Americans, the word, as we know it today, "Tornado" modified.
But what are some other interesting tornado facts you never know really. I thought it was something that I'm on research I did I found the list.
A tornado reached its greatest power as the funnel reaches its maximum width, then begins to shrink and become more inclined than it loses power, such as knitting, until it is, and begins to disperse or fall as they call it.
There arefive weather, the atmosphere for the first tornadic activity. 1) a surface layer made of at least 3,000 meters deep, the warm humid air, dry air is established in the medium degree of overlap, 2) an inversion between the two layers, preventing deep convection to the possibility of spinning horizontal tilting caused in the atmosphere, 3) a rapid decrease in air temperature with height above the inversion, and 4) Increasing the mass of air through a front or upper level disturbance, 5)Updraft in the storm getting up from the lifting of air masses tend these updrafts spinning into the atmosphere to a vertical position when the container is normally displayed.
In the U.S., the average tornadoes are around 500 meters in diameter, and stay on the ground for an average of 5 miles. However, there are a wide range of formats tornado. They are evaluated by a scale called the Fujita scale or "F". The F scale was developed in 1951 by the Japanese-AmericansMeteorologist Tetsuya Fujita. It classifies tornadoes on a hierarchy that is listed below:
Winds of F0 (40-72) mph.
Winds of F1 (73-112) mph.
Winds of F2 (113-157) mph.
Winds of F3 (158-206) mph.
Winds of F4 (207-260) mph.
Winds of F5 (261-318) mph.
The United States has the most tornadoes in a country with an average of about 1,200 per year. Four times more than in Europe. This is mainly due to the unique geography of the continent. This is a greatContinent, which stretches from the tropical south to the Arctic regions and has no mountains to block the main east-west flow of air between the two. In mid-latitudes as "Tornado Alley", where the majority of tornadoes occur in the world, the Rocky Mountains and block the flow of atmospheric moisture, allowing drier air to the valley to the east of the mountains known. The desert areas to the south-west and the dry air feed in this area during the "Gulf of Mexico", it feeds a lot of low levelHumidity. This topography provides the basis for many collisions with hot and cold air, strong thunderstorms with a lot of moist air to fuel competition.
The appearance of a tornado can be strongly influenced by light conditions at the time. A tornado is "backlit" with the sun behind him seems very dark and the tornado the same look with the sun behind his back by the public as gray or white. Debris can also influence the color of a tornado, if the dust or dirtsucked into the funnel may appear darker. This can be seen in many pictures of tornado.
Tornadoes are most frequent in spring and least common in winter. Since the spring and autumn are transitional periods (warm to cold and cool to hot), there are more chances of cooler air collides with the warmer air during thunderstorms. But favorable conditions for tornadoes in rare cases can occur at the time of 'year. Worldwide, most tornadoes occur in the late afternoon between 3and 07:00. After this time, the air begins to cool as the sun goes down, but tornadoes can occur at any time of day or night, when favorable conditions in the atmosphere.
The most extreme tornado ever recorded, the "Tri State Tornado", parts of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, on 8 March 1925 in the socket. Even though tornadoes were not in this period there was likely an F5 ranking. Its path was 219 miles long, took about 3.5 hours and it was a movementSpeed of about 73 mph.
There are many myths about a tornado of these is when you open the windows of the house to minimize the damage caused by the cyclone. This is wrong, there are some studies that the opening of the window can increase the severity of the damage caused by a tornado. A tornado can destroy a house if the windows are open or closed. Another myth that if you are in the southwest corner of the basement, you're sitting sure, this is false the safest placeis in an underground space on the side or in a corner to the tornadoes approach. Many people build a safe space for safety in their cellars, which should include a weather radio, flashlights, water, first aid kit, and some non-perishable food.
I hope you enjoy this tornado facts. The study of climate and the atmosphere is a relatively young and tornadoes even more. While studying there for about 140 years there are still aspects of tornadoes, it remains aMystery. Maybe that's why so many people are fascinated by this incredible power of nature.
