Waterspout
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A waterspout is a funnel cloud over water. It is a nonsupercell tornado over water, and brings the water upward. Also, it is weaker than most of its land counterparts.[1]
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[change] Types
[change] Non-tornadic
Waterspouts that are not associated with a rotating updraft of a supercell thunderstorm, are known as "nontornadic" or "fair-weather waterspouts", and are by far the most common type. [2]
Fair-weather waterspouts occur in coastal waters and are associated with dark, flat-bottomed, developing convective cumulus towers.
[change] See also
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[change] References
- ↑ Glossary of Meteorology. Waterspout. Retrieved on 2006-10-25.
- ↑ Gale Schools. Fair weather waterspout. Retrieved on 2006-10-25.
[change] Other websites
- British and European Tornado Extremes
- A series of pictures from the boat Nicorette getting impressively close to the south coast tornadic waterspout.
- A USA Today online article on waterspouts: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wspouts.htm
- Home video of a waterspout on Long Island Sound on 27 September 2006
- Pictures of cold-core waterspouts over Lake Michigan on 30 September 2006. Archived from the original on March 102007.
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