How are hurricanes and tornadoes predicted? How does this relate to how they
are formed?

1. Satellites, reconnaissance aircraft, Ships, buoys, radar, and other land based platforms are important tools used in hurricane tracking and prediction. While a tropical cyclone is over the open ocean, remote measurements of the storm’s intensity and track are made primary via satellites.

2. Hurricanes and tropical storms, collectively known as tropical cyclones, provide all the necessary ingredients to form tornados. These vortices may then be flipped vertically — creating tornadoes — by thunderstorm updrafts, which are basically currents of warm, rising air, McNoldy told LiveScience in 2013.