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After every time I read about these things I still don't understand how they work.

>> No.12116314

>>12116291
A shitload of heat causes the air to rise in such a way that the high pressure basically vacuums everything once it hits land
Coriolis causes the rotation
More or less
I think
I don't know man

>> No.12116372

>>12116291
Wind goes *Whoooooo* and spins.

>> No.12116377

>>12116314
>>12116372
I've yet to conclude which explanation is better

>> No.12116401

Simple science.. tornados are created from hot air chasing cold air.

When it happens in the ocean.. the water preserves this constant state of hot chases cold. The water moving up the hurricane is warm do to friction... but when it hits the top it is shot out the sides and falls back to the ocean. And is cool compared to when it was going up hurricane wall. So it causes the hot/cold chase to continue until it hits land.

And tornadoes are not good at going up and down slopes. Which is why plateau lands are tornado heavy.

>> No.12116449

>>12116401
>The water moving up the hurricane is warm do to friction
dear lord

>> No.12117170

Gases are made out of particles that, despite being restrained by gravity, have enough energy individually to fly around at high velocity geodesics in every direction.
When a temperature differential is present within the gas the collisions between the hotter and colder components will form current systems where the colder components are disproportionately pushed into slow moving high-density wavefronts.
In three dimensions with a preferred gravitational direction, these cold, low pressure areas will stick to low-altitude areas (like sea level) and hot, high pressure areas will flow around randomly at higher altitudes.
If hot air is trapped at a low altitude with cold air above it, it will push cold air out of the way vertically at wherever the cold air is thinnest, forming a spike-shaped updraft.
When you account for the Coriolis force, these updrafts will rotate as hot air is drained upwards like an upside down whirlpool.
The tropical region of the Atlantic is very hot compared to the air 3km above the tropical region of the Atlantic, so it's all of the above on a colossal scale.

>> No.12117216

>>12116314
Almost. The center of the hurricane is hot air flowing vertically and creating an area of LOW pressure. The air around the center rush into the low pressure area trying to "fill the vacuum" generating strong winds. The Coriolis effect is the responsible for the rotational movement.

When a hurricane touches land, its supply of hot air is gone and the low pressure subsides, thus ending the cyclone.

>> No.12117239

>>12116401
>tornados are created from hot air chasing cold air.
Does the cold air run away?

>> No.12117244

>>12116401
>tornados are created from hot air chasing cold air.
IS THE COLD AIR SCARED?!

>> No.12117261

>>12116291
Hurricane is a flow of energy
Hot water has energy
Hot water transfers energy to sky
Sky energy causes Thermal
Thermal causes water to give more energy to sky
Vayu wins

>> No.12117622

>>12117170
Do gas particles really follow geodesics between collisions?

>> No.12117659

>>12117622
No. Electromagnetic field effects dominate. See the dmerivation of brownian mechanics

>> No.12119738

>>12117170
Thanks for the writing