Severe Weather - Super Cells, Tornados & Hurricanes

Severe Weather - Super Cells , Tornados Hurricanes

2007

Super Cells

A super cell is a ruthless thunderstorm possessing the following characteristics : First is an overshooting top which is typically seen on top of the storm 's anvil caused by a great of dominant updraft (Wikipedia , 2007 . Interestingly , this is difficult to notice if an individual is very near it (Wikipedia , 2007 . Second is that a super cell is precipitation-free (Wikipedia , 2007 . This maybe evidenced by looking at the lower section of the main updraft where the focal area of inflow is located

(Wikipedia , 2007 . In spite of being precipitation-free though , rain and bulky frozen rain tend to fall from the central updraft area (Wikipedia , 2007 . Third is the wall cloud which is formed close to the location between the precipitation-free base and the area of precipitation and formed when air that 's rain-cooled coming from the downdraft is dragged into the updraft (Wikipedia , 2007 . Fourth are the mammatus clouds or that which looks like pillows (Wikipedia , 2007 . Fifth is the precipitation area where the heaviest precipitation that 's shaped like a cathedral ' is expected to occur (Wikipedia , 2007 . Last but not least is the flanking line or line of tiny cumulus clouds (Wikipedia , 2007

Tornados

Tornados , on the other hand , are strong revolving column of air which is characterized by the following : winds with speed of one hundred seventy five kilometers per hour up to four hundred eighty kilometers per hour covering approximately two hundred fifty feet before it stops sound likened to that of a freight train that 's extremely speedy (Wikipedia , 2007

Hurricanes

Hurricanes , however , have the following features : 1 ) low pressure 2 thunderstorms 3 ) strong wind 4 ) too much rain which causes great floods 5 ) extremely burly winds as well as 6 ) high waves (Wikipedia 2007

References

Wikipedia (2007 ) Hurricane . Retrieved May 23 , 2007 from

HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Hurricane http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Hurricane

Wikipedia (2007 ) Tornado . Retrieved May 23 , 2007 from

HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Tornado Rotation http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Tornado Rotation

Wikipedia (2007 ) Supercell . Retrieved May 23 , 2007 from

HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Supercell http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Supercell

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