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A waterspout is an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud) that occurs over a body of water and is connected to a cumuliform cloud.
In other words, a tornado on water.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agoWater has a very high specific heat capacity, meaning that a body of water will not change temperature very easily. As a result it is not uncommon for some bodies of water to be warmer than the air above them. This creates a layer of warmer air just above the water's surface. If there is enough convection in the area to form thunderstorms, or even just towering cumulus clouds, and updraft can develop from this layer of warm air that feeds into the cloud. If there is any twist to the wind in the area (which can develop from ordinary turbulence) the updraft could take on the rotation and develop into the vortex of a waterspout.
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∙ 15y agothe water gets sucked up by the waterspout and creates a whirl wind in the water
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∙ 9y agoA waterspout it a tornado that forms on a body of water. It looks like a land formed tornado but on a smaller scale.
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∙ 14y agoA tornado that touches down on water sucks up water and is known as a water-sprout.
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∙ 12y agoa waterspout is plainly a tornado over a body of water.
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It can change into a water spout?
A tornado that moves onto water becomes a waterspout.
What are tornadoes at sea called?
A tornado on a body of water is called a waterspout.
Can a waterspout go over land?
A waterspout can transition from water to land but becomes a tornado as long as it is touching land; if it is not touching the ground it would be called a "funnel cloud".
What is the name to a tornado that only forms over open water?
Yes. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
Is a water spout classified as a natural disaster?
Yes... It's a Tornado, but the difference of a waterspout hits a body of water. And a Tornado hits a body of land.
Where is a tornado called a waterspout?
A tornado is called a waterspout anywhere that it forms on water.
What do you call a tornado that forms over a calm sea?
A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
What is the name given to a tornado over open water?
A tornado that forms on a lake or sea is called a waterspout.
What is a synonym for waterspout?
A synonym for waterspout would be tornado.
What is a synonym for tornado?
waterspout
What do you call a tornado on the ocean?
A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
What does the word waterspout mean?
Usually the term waterspout refers to a tornado on a body of water.
Can a waterspout destroy a beach house?
Well, yes and no. If the waterspout comes ashore and hits the beach house, it can destroy it. But if the waterspout comes ashore, it is no longer a waterspout - it is a tornado.
What do you call a tornado over a body of water?
A tornado over water is called a waterspout.
What tornado develops om the surface of oceans?
A tornado on a body of water is called a waterspout.
It can change into a water spout?
A tornado that moves onto water becomes a waterspout.
What is the name of the tornado in Tenerife?
The tornado (or more properly, waterspout) was not given a name as tornadoes are not named.
