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Do waterspouts suck water

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In some ways they are similar. The both rotate and have strong winds and form over warm water.

However, there are also major differences.

Waterspouts are much smaller than hurricanes, typically less than 100 yards wide while hurricanes don't get smaller than about 60 miles. Waterspouts are not independent storm systems like hurricanes are.

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They generally don't, since the pressure difference isn't that great. They appear to be dark in color and sometimes the same color as water because they are visible due to their condensation funnel, the same as tornadoes. The lower pressure causes the air to cool enough for it to reach its dewpoint and condense. This is the same as with a cloud, except obviously the air is moving very rapidly and you'd want to stay away from a water spout.

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Yes. Waterspouts do sometimes move on to land. Most of the time the waterspout will dissipate soon after landfall, but some can persist and cause damage, in which case they are considered tornadoes. Ordinary tornadoes can somtimes form an water and them ove onto land.

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Sort of. "Waterspouts" that form on land are called landspouts or simply tornadoes.

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Yes if a waterspout moves onto land it becomes a tornado if it doesn't dissipate.

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No. A waterspout is a vortex of air, though some water may be sucked into it.

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Yes, But if it does make landfall it is a tornado, not a waterspout. the two are really the same except one is on land and the other is on water.

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