If the super-cell(usually produces tornados) gets big enough and extracts moisture from the waters of the(lets just say)the Atlantic Ocean, could it turn into a tropical feature??
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Did anyone read the part where i said...when a tornado hits the water can it abnd stays over water for a few days, can it turn into a tropical feature??
2006-08-30 11:53:43 · 13 answers · asked by julean33 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
A tornado over water is classified as a water spout. They are less intense. A water spout has a short life span and is small in scale. A cluster of thunderstorms that form into a mesoscale complex can persist for extended period of time. These systems are large enough to form into a hurricane. It is not uncommon for such a storm to develop along an old frontal boundary. Also, the cape verde storms that roll off of Africa are mesoscale systems. The driving mechanism for a hurricane is latent heat release from the warm ocean waters, low shear, and an upper level anticyclone. Tornadoes develop with a lot of shear in the atmosphere when supercell thunderstorms are present. Shear is causes hurricanes to weaken and sometimes dissipate.
2006-08-30 12:29:52 · answer #1 · answered by timespiral 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO a Tornado Can't
turn into a hurricane because a hurricane is created in the ocean and a tornado is a land weather. A tornado can come from a hurricane though.
2006-08-30 12:05:36 · answer #2 · answered by christy A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Tornados and water spouts, which are simply tornadoes over water, are far too small to turn into hurricanes.
Hurricanes can spawn tornadoes but not the other way around.
Sort of like asking if a tree falling over can cause a mountain to fall.
2006-08-30 14:42:01 · answer #3 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, a tornado could not turn into a hurricane.
One big difference between supercells & their associated tornadoes and tropical cyclones (hurricanes) is how vertical wind shear affects them. [1]
Vertical wind shear (how the wind speed & direction changes with height) is required to develop supercells. A good amount of vertical wind shear helps a thunderstorm updraft to achieve a tilt (so the updraft is not squelched by the downdraft) and helps it to develop rotation. [2]
Vertical wind shear is prohibitive to tropical cyclone development and will weaken an already-formed cyclone (see condition #6 in link [3]).
You may also want to read the hurricane vs tornado FAQ [4].
2006-08-30 12:03:06 · answer #4 · answered by tbom_01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, a tornado is formed when a cold air mass settles on top of a warm air mass and works it's way down. A hurrican is formed when lots of water evaporates, letting off tremendous amounts of energy which causes winds. Tornadoes can be formed from a hurricane but not vice versa.
2006-08-30 12:01:25 · answer #5 · answered by endermc12 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, because tornadoes are formed from the supercell and from warm moist air clashing with cold dry air. However, hurricanes can spawn tornadoes.
Tornadoes last from a few minutes to an hour.
A hurricane can last up to a week and when it hits land, it weakens because it is fueled by water.
They are totally different systems.
A tornado will weaken when it hit water while a hurricane will gain strength when it hit water.
2006-08-30 12:01:23 · answer #6 · answered by Mary C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm with you!
I'm of the thinking that weather has nothing to do with Hurricanes. Its really just a bunch of fish swimming in a circle and they get confused and keep following each other into oblivion. The resulting counter clockwise spinning of the fish creates waves that follow the CCW spin since larger fish start into the circle to feed on the smaller fish which brings dolphins, sharks, and eventually whales. The water spins so fast that the air above starts to swirl with the water and the result is a Hurricane!
2006-08-30 22:29:44 · answer #7 · answered by Michael 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so tornadoes happen when warm and cool air collide and draw in more warm air from the ground whereas hurricanes happen when warm tropical water rises quickly and is heated by the sea
2006-08-30 12:11:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even tho I kinda understand how you'd think that...
emphasize "kinda", cuz man, this is just WAY out there in terms of a weather question...
you're comparing apples and oranges here. Small scale and large scale features.
That's like asking if a snowflake can grow into a blizzard.
2006-08-31 10:42:05 · answer #9 · answered by Isles1015 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it would turn in to a water spout and then die out... takes days for a system to gather strength to be a hurricane. so no way
2006-08-30 12:00:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋