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What is the difference between Twister and Tornado?

What is the difference between Twister and Tornado?

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L. Agate

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Answered Jun 28, 2020

Tornadoes are known to be one of the most powerful storms. Tornado is a common term among the meteorologists, which is used to describe a violent windstorm characterized by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud. Before a tornado hits the ground, you will notice rain and hail begins to fall and also itch the use of pulse-Doppler radar. Some tornadoes occur in water.

Tornadoes occur in different diameters, from the meter to hundreds of meters, which is capable of lifting any heavy objects, which causes loss of lives and property. A single violet storm can cause more than one tornado at a time. There are different tornadoes, which include multiple vortexes, landspout, waterspout, gustnado, dust devil, fire whirl, and the steam devil. The strength of tornadoes can be rated on a scale like a fajita scale, and Torro scale. Twister is a slang used to refer to tornado because of the twisting action of a tornado.

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C. Adlai

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C. Adlai, Software Developer, B.E (Bachelor of Engineering), California, USA

Answered Jun 12, 2020

A tornado is a moving pillar of air that begins from the earth and goes up to a cloud. This rotating column of air begins from the ground and rises in a cloud. The United States is the most terribly affected country with tornadoes. However, the perils of tornadoes are out there in all places in the world, and the weather conditions have to be ripe for it.

The worst tornadoes have speeds of nearly 300mph. Twister is a slang term utilized by people to refer to tornadoes. The reason why a tornado is called a twister is because of the rotating winds inside this spinning cloud. Rotating thunderstorms are called tornadoes or twisters, and there is no discernable difference.

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F. Manasseh

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F. Manasseh, Software Developer, B.E (Bachelor of Engineering), Tallahassee, Florida

Answered Jun 09, 2020

One of the wildest storms ever is Tornadoes. I even read somewhere that it's the most destructive of storms. These destructive spinning winds can travel over 200mph. Twisters, as we use to hear them, are not in no peculiar way different from Tornadoes, it is just slang for tornado because of the way it happens. On a lighter note, tornadoes move sporadically as a twisting vortex and grains strength over land.

With this being established, it should, therefore, be noted that there's no difference between a twister and a tornado because both terms are describing the same thing: Wild storms. Tornadoes come into being when warm air meets cold air causing unstable pressures, thereby giving rise to the warm air. Once this risen thunderstorm hits the ground, the spinning portion of air begins to speed up. Also, Tornadoes are not on their own visible, but the dirt and debris they pick up during action are what makes them visible.

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