Why do tornadoes have faster winds than hurricanes? How can the winds be so much more powerful when they disturb a much smaller area?
In: Planetary Science
Same as watching the water go down a drain.
It takes longer for a hurricane that is miles and miles wide to spin around, than it does a tornado that is not wide at all to spin.
Ice skaters are a good visual for this. They spin pretty and showy with their limbs out in nice poses. Then they pull in a tight vertical and spin too fast for you to even see them as they rotate so quickly.
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