Friday, May 25, 2007

Did You See This?

SpoutL and me saw this!

Updated (info from stomp.com.sg):

Waterspout is a small weather phenomenon usually observed under cumuliform clouds during intense weather conditions associated with thunderstorms. Due to the lower pressure conditions under the clouds in such conditions, one or maybe two columns of water can be sucked towards the base of the clouds giving the traditional picture of a funnel(s), and as such waterspouts are sometimes also called funnel clouds.

In waters off Singapore, waterspouts have short life cycle of few to tens of minutes. Speed of movement of the waterspout over water ranges from a few to up to 15 knots.Waterspouts are known to dissipate rapidly near the coast and are not expected to cause other danger to lives and property on land besides the usual dangers associated with thunderstorms.

Waterspouts usually occur in water in the tropics.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

i saw this from media reports...Looks pretty scary actually...

Health Freak Mommy said...

Yup, we saw this pic in our local newspapers too a few days ago.

Anonymous said...

Looks interesting! What is it? Twister of sort in Singapore? Built up of a tropical storm due to the hot, oppressive weather?

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