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Downburst vs Tornado - What's the difference?

downburst | tornado |

As nouns the difference between downburst and tornado

is that downburst is (meteorology) a powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm while tornado is tornado.

downburst

English

Noun

(wikipedia downburst) (en noun)
  • (meteorology) A powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm.

    • tornado

    English

    (wikipedia tornado)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (meteorology) A violent windstorm characterized by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud.
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    • , author=Frank Fish, George Lauder , title=Not Just Going with the Flow , volume=101, issue=2, page=114 , magazine= citation , passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}
    A tornado is a rotating column of air, pendant from a cumulonimbus cloud, and nearly always observable as a funnel cloud or tuba. Its vortex, meters in diameter, rotates counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere, with wind speeds of 160 to more than 480 kilometres per hour.

    Synonyms

    * twister * cyclone

    Derived terms

    * tornado watch, tornado warning (A tornado watch' means that conditions are favorable for producing a tornado. A tornado ' warning means that a tornado has been sighted in the area or has been detected on radar.) * tornado shelter

    See also

    * cyclone * dust devil * hurricane * tsunami * typhoon * waterspout * willy willy

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