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Bookmark or Share- Waterspouts | Ocean Today - National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationThese eerie columns of rotating air are known as waterspouts — commonly defined as tornadoes over water. Waterspouts usually develop over warm tropical ocean waters. They're spotted in the Florida Keys more than any other place in the world. They've also been seen over the waters of the Great Lakes.
- What Are Waterspouts, And How Do They Form? An Expert ExplainsA waterspout is a spinning column of air that sucks up water (usually from the ocean) to make a twisting funnel of water and cloud connecting the sea and the sky. They are spectacular but...
- Waterspout - Education | National Geographic SocietyWaterspouts are most common in tropical and subtropical waters, such as the Florida Keys, the islands of Greece, and off the east coast of Australia. There are five stages of waterspout formation: Dark spot.
- What are waterspouts, and how do they form? An expert explainsA waterspout is a spinning column of air that sucks up water (usually from the ocean) to make a twisting funnel of water and cloud connecting the sea and the sky. They are spectacular but short...
- Meteorology, Tornadic Activity & Formation - Britannicawaterspout, a small-diameter column of rapidly swirling air in contact with a water surface. Waterspouts are almost always produced by a swiftly growing cumulus cloud. They may assume many shapes and often occur in a series, called a waterspout family, produced by the same upward-moving air current.
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