what is the difference between tornadoes,cyclones, and hurricanes?

Answer 1

A tornado is a violently rotating column of air which is in contact with both a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, a cumulus cloud base and the surface of the earth.

In meteorology, a cyclone is an area of low atmospheric pressure characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate counter clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere of the Earth. In the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, including the Hawaiian islands, they are called hurricanes, in the western Pacific they are called typhoons and in the southern Pacific and the Indian Ocean they are called cyclones.

Answer 2

A hurricane is a wide spread storm that affects large areas of land and water. Tornadoes and cyclones ( the same ) are small centralized storms that are more power full. So, should you trade a hurricane for a tornado? I would prefer a hurricane because you know it's coming and from where. Tornado's can not be predicted and drop out of the sky at random.

Answer 3

Tornadoes is small whirlling storms, cyclones and hurricanes are much larger storms, well over 100 wide, As for the difference between hurricanes and cyclones, it a matter of location. Cyclones are mostly in the Indian Ocean, one such one was Sidr that struck Bangladesh yesterday.

Answer 4

a CYCLONE is an area of low atmospheric pressure characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate counter clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere of the Earth
In the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, including the Hawaiian islands, they are called HURRICANES, in the western Pacific they are called TYPHOONS and in the southern Pacific and the Indian Ocean they are called cyclones. Since the generic term covers a wide variety of meteorological phenomena, such as tropical cyclones, extratropical cyclones, and tornadoes, meteorologists rarely use it without additional qualification.

Answer 5

Thank you for asking first. Now I don't have to waste my points on asking. I was wondering the exact same thing. I know obviously a hurricane is over water, a tornado is over land. But what exactly is a cyclone?

Answer 6

A tornado is a funnel and it can pick up anything, while a hurricane is like windy alot and downpours. I think a cyclone and a tornado is the same thing.

Answer 7

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/L1.html

This link gives a good detailed answer that is eay to understand