Can adverse effects occour with a nuke?

Question

If a nuclear device was detonated in the center of a F5 tornado or the strongest of current hurricanes, would the implosion nullifly the kinetic energy of the winds and appear as a normal explosion, or would it somehow change the look and effects (strength, temperature, etc.) of the nuclear device uppon the explosion?

Answer 1

The center of a rotating storm is a local low pressure node. A balancing high pressure explosion could indeed cancel a tornado. The pressure would have to be balanced (equal in magnitude). Pressure induction of fluid rotation is a classic and well known effect. I don't know off-hand though if a typical nuke would supply the pressure in the ballpark of an F-5 center. Probably not. Considering the blast effects of a nuclear explosion relative to an F-5, one would expect the nuke to be greater in magnitude I think.

Nonetheless, tornado management with nuclear weapons is probably not the best idea.

Answer 2

occour nullifly uppon ?

A tornado does not come in forces, those are hurricanes. A tornado is a very local effect and would be wiped out by a nuke.

Hurricanes are really big things. A nuke would only affect a small amount of it. My guess it would not have much effect.


Of course the effect on life on Earth would be negative either way.

Answer 3

The effects and power of such a thing as a nuke are so far above that of a swirling mass of air. You'd basically end up with nothing more than the absolute detonation of a nuke in a tornado. Pretty anticlimactic, huh? As for the nuke disturbing the tornado, or even the storm system itself, it may cause the tornado to hiccup, and possibly disappear, however, it wouldn't cause the storm system to alter or disappear. That is one thing that wouldn't change.

Answer 4

Nuke`s kinetic energy is a vector. If the implosion perfectly matches the tornado or hurricane in magnitude and direction , neutralising effect is theoretically possible. But such perfection does not occur. So it is doubly dangerous.

Answer 5

The tornado would have no effect really. The blast would destroy the tornado.