How To Build A Tornado Essay

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Tornado: A destructive vortex that has a funnel shape cloud beneath a large storm system. In my opinion tornadoes are pretty scary and can be devastating to people’s families and their home’s. The first thing you should do when you hear a tornado is coming is go to the lowest level in your house thus, you will be safe. I have never been in a tornado before and I don’t plan to. Are you ready to learn how a tornado is formed and what the steps in doing it are? There aren’t many necessary conditions needed to from a tornado. The main requirement is to have intense heat. The reason this is needed is so the sun can increase its temperature and moist air will rise from the ground. Another condition is that a warm front and a cold front meet up. The reason for this is so the cold air can trap the warm air which will eventually cause a funnel to form. Another thing you will need is an increase in wind speed and change in wind direction. The reason you need this is because this will contribute to the rotation. These are all the necessary conditions you will need for a tornadoes to form. …show more content…

Do you want to know them? I am going to give you the four step explanation to how a tornado forms. First, Warm air is lifted by a front causing clouds and precipitation which will eventually lead to a thunderstorm. Next, under the storm, winds with different speeds form tubes of rotating air. Then, when the tubes go into the body of the updraft, it becomes vertical and the storm starts to rotate. This begins the formation of a supercell. Finally, the spinning tube is stretch causing the supercell to act as it is a vacuum. Instead of the vacuum sucking up dirt, it is sucking up air. After this the air acts to balance the pressure which forms a

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