How does water spout work

Some can be just as dangerous as tornadoes. Tornadic waterspouts are tornadoes that form over water, or move from land to water.

They have the same characteristics as a land tornado. They are associated with severe thunderstorms, and are often accompanied by high winds and seas, large hail, and frequent dangerous lightning. This article has information requiring translation. If you are able to translate Japanese and would like to help, please add the English translation to the section or sections in Japanese.

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Spiral pattern. A pattern of light and dark-colored surface bands spiraling out from the dark spot which develops on the water surface. Spray ring. A dense swirling annulus ring of sea spray, called a cascade, appears around the dark spot with what appears to be an eye similar to that seen in hurricanes.

Mature vortex. The waterspout, now visible from water surface to the overhead cloud mass, achieves maximum organization and intensity. Its funnel often appears hollow, with a surrounding shell of turbulent condensate.

The spray vortex can rise to a height of several hundred feet or more and often creates a visible wake and an associated wave train as it moves.

The funnel and spray vortex begin to dissipate as the inflow of warm air into the vortex weakens. How does the National Weather Service forecast waterspouts? What should you do? Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Follow us on YouTube. This rising air carries water vapour high into the sky where it creates rain showers, storms and cumulus clouds.

As the air rises, it can tilt some of the horizontal spinning air near the surface into the vertical direction. When this vertical spin concentrates at a particular point it starts sucking up water — and you have yourself a waterspout.

Because waterspouts form on the line where two winds meet, you sometimes see a line of waterspouts in a row where the spinning low-level air is sucked upwards at a few different points.

Most mornings, cooler nighttime air blowing off the land meets warmer air sitting out to sea. Usually this results in a line of clouds sitting offshore where the two air masses meet.