Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

[Fly]

Frankly, I'd forgotten the difference. I'd seen something in the newspaper about a damaging cyclone in another part of the Northern Hemisphere, and Fran and I could not really come up the with difference.

Good old Wiki-Pedia, as usual, was clueless and mostly described them the same, expect in different locations.

Not true, a cyclone is any circular motion of air flow, usually counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Examples are low pressure areas, while high pressure areas are technically anti-cyclones, as they rotate differently. While a tornado is a much smaller cyclone with sustained higher wind speeds, while a hurricane or typhoon is related to the different hemispheres and is much larger than a tornado, but still with sustained high winds.

So, a tornado, hurricane, typhoons, low and high pressure areas are all cyclones, but not the reverse.

A waste of time to almost everyone, but I just had to correct the news media, which is sometimes as clueless as Wiki-Pedia.

[1700 Rider]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

Hmmmmm the drains in my house all go clockwise and drains south of the equater go counterclockwise. Now there's a waste of everyones time. LOL

[Odinn]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

Actually, calling a tornado, hurricane, or any circular pattern a cyclone is actually correct.

Same as calling any square, rectangle or parallelogram a quadrilateral is correct.

If you want to get to specifics, a tornado is a cyclone but it MUST have a funnel vortex that reaches from the cloud to the ground. If the funnel is in the air and not touching the ground, it is NOT a tornado and is still just a cyclone. Similarly, a square is a quadrilateral that MUST have 4 equal sides with 4 equal angles.

[CycleDude]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

And isnt a Typhoon just a tornado over water instead of land?

[Fly]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

According to the official sources, a typhoon and hurricane are the same, but a typhoon is in the Southern Hemisphere and a hurricane is in the Northern Hemisphere. They are simply very large tornadoes, too large in diameter to be tornadoes, and like Odinn says, a tornado must be touching the clouds and the ground, while a typhoon and hurricane don't require that specification.

[Papa Bear]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

I always thought a Hurricane was;
1 shot white rum
1 shot dark rum
1 shot 151 rum
4oz orange juice
4oz pineapple juice
grenadine syrup to color

Shake, pour over ice in a tall tropical glass, garnish with orange slice & cherry on a umbrella tooth pick thing, and stick a straw in it.


A typhoon is

1/2 oz Anisette
1oz gin
1oz lime juice

Shake all ingredients (except champagne) with ice and strain into a Collins glass over ice cubes. Fill glass with chilled champagne, stir lightly, and serve.

But that's just me...

[Papa Bear]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

OOPs we started with the difference between Tornadoes and Cyclones;

A Tornado is;

1oz vodka
1oz tequila
1oz rum
1oz whiskey
3 ice cubes
1/2 tbls. sugar
2oz coca cola

Mix everything except cola, sugar and ice in a glass. Stir in the sugar, add ice cubes, and pour in coca-cola. Stir three times.



A Cyclone on the other hand;

1 oz Absolute Citron Vodka
1.5 oz Grapefruit Juice
1/2 oz Grand Marnier
3/4 oz Cranberry Juice
2.5 oz Lemonade


Add all ingredients except the lemonade and cranberry juice into a shaker. Shake well, pour into high ball glass
add lemonade, float cranberry juice on top, drink


I hope this settles this discussion!

[Fly]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

There you go Papa Bear, keeping everything in it's proper perspective.

[DaBull]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

Actually, calling a tornado, hurricane, or any circular pattern a cyclone is actually correct.

Same as calling any square, rectangle or parallelogram a quadrilateral is correct.

If you want to get to specifics, a tornado is a cyclone but it MUST have a funnel vortex that reaches from the cloud to the ground. If the funnel is in the air and not touching the ground, it is NOT a tornado and is still just a cyclone. Similarly, a square is a quadrilateral that MUST have 4 equal sides with 4 equal angles.

oh geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez....another math oriented string.....

[CycleDude]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

I always thought a Hurricane was;
1 shot white rum
1 shot dark rum
1 shot 151 rum
4oz orange juice
4oz pineapple juice
grenadine syrup to color

Shake, pour over ice in a tall tropical glass, garnish with orange slice & cherry on a umbrella tooth pick thing, and stick a straw in it.


A typhoon is

1/2 oz Anisette
1oz gin
1oz lime juice

Shake all ingredients (except champagne) with ice and strain into a Collins glass over ice cubes. Fill glass with chilled champagne, stir lightly, and serve.

But that's just me...

ROFLMAO!!!

[Rex]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

Now, will someone explain a Fart in The Wind and is there a drink to match?

[Papa Bear]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

Now, will someone explain a Fart in The Wind and is there a drink to match?

Couldn't find "fart in the wind" will one of these do?

Loon Fart recipe

1 oz Bailey's® Irish cream
1 oz Crown Royal® Canadian whiskey
1 oz Kahlua® coffee liqueur

Put ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake till cold. Serve as a shot or on the rocks.


Brain Fart recipe

1 fifth Everclear® alcohol
1 fifth Smirnoff® Red Label vodka
2 liters Mountain Dew® citrus soda
2 liters Surge® citrus soda
1 bottle lemon juice
1 pint Bacardi® white rum


Pre-chill soda, and mix slowly with other ingredients and ice in a punch bowl.

Duck Fart recipe


1/2 oz Jack Daniel's® Tennessee whiskey
1/2 oz amaretto almond liqueur
1/2 oz Bailey's® Irish cream


Layer ingredients in order as listed above.

Gorilla Fart recipe


1/2 oz Bacardi® 151 rum
1/2 oz Wild Turkey® 101 bourbon whiskey


Pour ingredients as listed above into a shot glass and shoot!

Moose Fart recipe


1 part Absolut® vodka
1 part Crown Royal® Canadian whiskey
1 part Kahlua® coffee liqueur
1 part Bailey's® Irish cream


Add with ice in a blender, and blend to a thick consistency.

Smurf Fart recipe


1/2 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
1 oz blueberry schnapps
1 splash cream


In a shaker glass, fill with ice, add all ingredients, shake and pour into a shot glass.


I started laughing so hard when I found these I had to post

[DaBull]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo funny!!

[Odinn]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

oh geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez....another math oriented string.....

Whazza matta, ya fail math?

[Papa Bear]

Re: Difference between Tornado and Cyclone

There are three kinds of people, those that under stand math and those that don't