Meteorology

Question

How heavy are tornadoes?

Answer

What a great question!<BR><BR>Tornadoes are really just an area in the atmosphere, rather than a solid "thing" that has mass or weight.&nbsp; They are described in terms of air pressure, temperature, and wind speeds instead of their weight.<BR><BR>We usually measure them by their destructive power, using the "Fujita Scale" that goes from F0 to F5.<BR><BR>I've included a couple of links to interesting pages about tornadoes.<BR><BR> http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/dangerwx/tornado1.htm http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/tornado/fujita_scale.html tornado<BR>fujita scale<BR>mass<BR>weather http://vrd.askvrd.org/services/answerschema.xml