Those are the weather conditions where I live right now and we have a tornado watch, so even though I'm not that worried I'm just wondering. My brother has told me that a tornado can't form if it's too windy, though I'm not sure how windy is too windy for one.
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It takes a lot more than humidity and winds to help create a tornado.
It takes a thunderstorm to produce a tornado. Thunderstorms are created when cold dry air from the north interacts with warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. Warm moist air rises as the cold dry air sinks. This can help create atmospheric instability.
Currently, there are two seperate ways a tornado is formed. Supercell thunderstorms will often have storm scale rotation which is called mesocyclone. It is known that there is air underneath the storm that is rotating horizontally. When the updraft of the storm strengthens, with the help of inflow winds, the horizontal rotating air can be tilted into the vertical. If the rotation is strong enough, a lowering from the base of the storm cloud can form and make a wall cloud. Sometimes, the wall cloud can be rotating as well.If the updraft, downdraft, and rear flank downdraft are present, this can strengthen the rotation and can create a funnel cloud. If the rotation remains strong and eventually reaches the ground, then a tornado has formed.
A non-supercell tornado does not form from organized storm scale rotation. They form from a vertically rotating air that is already occurring near the ground. This is caused by wind shear from a warm, cold, or sea breeze front, or a dryline. When an updraft moves over the rotating air and stretches it, a tornado can form.
It takes a thunderstorm to produce a tornado. Thunderstorms are created when cold dry air from the north interacts with warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. Warm moist air rises as the cold dry air sinks. This can help create atmospheric instability.
Currently, there are two seperate ways a tornado is formed. Supercell thunderstorms will often have storm scale rotation which is called mesocyclone. It is known that there is air underneath the storm that is rotating horizontally. When the updraft of the storm strengthens, with the help of inflow winds, the horizontal rotating air can be tilted into the vertical. If the rotation is strong enough, a lowering from the base of the storm cloud can form and make a wall cloud. Sometimes, the wall cloud can be rotating as well.If the updraft, downdraft, and rear flank downdraft are present, this can strengthen the rotation and can create a funnel cloud. If the rotation remains strong and eventually reaches the ground, then a tornado has formed.
A non-supercell tornado does not form from organized storm scale rotation. They form from a vertically rotating air that is already occurring near the ground. This is caused by wind shear from a warm, cold, or sea breeze front, or a dryline. When an updraft moves over the rotating air and stretches it, a tornado can form.
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Oh oh oh, Yes they can. Here where I live I've heard of tornadoes forming in winds as high as 150 MPH shears, and 60MPH constant. With it hot and raining.