i was up the road in Ditchling. A week before I was on the beach wondering what it would be like to see a tornado roll in from the see. They scare the shit out of me
To clarify, A tornado over water isn't a waterspout. The two are different phenomena and a waterspout is no where near as destructive as a tornado with relatively gentle winds carrying sea spray around the vortex. Waterspouts collapse as they move onto dry land. There's not enough footage here to confirm one way or the other but it appears to loose energy as the base hits the shore so I would summarize it's a waterspout.
Footiemad87, the most likely place to see a tornado is in the midwest of America, Oklahoma, Kansas ect. the south of england is the UK'S tornado Alley, what we are seeing here is a waterspout, which is basically a tornado at sea, but does'nt need a Cumulonimbus to spawn it, this came out a cumulous congestus cloud. It became a tornado when it hits land, but it dissapated soon after comming ashore
beauty!!! some people say that tornados are the primitive way of alien abduction...they changed it as soon as they realised "the prey" got ripped off before reach up the ship
i was in whitby ages ago when a tornado started about 100 metres off shore it wasnt big or strong but scared the shit out of every1 on the bach every1 ran
@dragonamt What's really nice to see is either a) some folks are either educated about this or b) have done their homework and can conversate with some knowledge. So many times there are folks that make statements and have no idea what they are talking about so, it is nice to talk to someone that has some idea, if you know what I mean. :-)
...except now there are more tornadoes per season, in more locations, of higher intensities. Plus more intense and varied hurricanes, numerous heat waves and droughts, and all sorts of anomalies that can't be explained away as a normal 'pattern'
@Dragonsilverfang Tornadoes form over water. I see them form over large lakes sometimes. Cyclones are another word for huricanes that form south of the equator, like in Australia. They are not the same as a tornado. Completely different weather conditions form each of these.... good day! :-D
@dragonridley Even though it's over water that could classify as a tornado. Depends upon your definition, but true tornadoes form from thunderstorms, and waterspouts can occur without a thunderstorm, even on clear days. This I would call a tornado because of the thunderstorm.
@TheFighterpilot93 You clearly know your stuff. I know a little bit about the science behind tornadoes. Certainly the parts of the USA that get most the big tornadoes are a lot warmer than here. I have friends in Oklahoma I mightvisit at some point could see some big tornadoes there if I go at the right time of year, although would want to get too close!
@TheFighterpilot93 lol, yeah, the ones I saw were quite small probably f1, a few others didn't touch down. I think i prefer to live here and have more chance of seeing a small tornado than live in the states and never see one until one day an f4/f5 rips away my house!
@bizzybelle2000 Technically, yes, but it is not a shearzone type, which is what most waterspouts are this one looks like a mesocyclone type, in other words, a real one, not a glorified dust devil. Just my observation and opinion. :-D
If the cycle is 11 years, it's sunspot related. Isn't there a tight correlation between mean temperature and greenhouse CO2 ppm? The latter has gone up and stayed up, and the cause is painfully obvious.
Exatly, guys all we see is small f4-f3 tornadoes down soulth where weather can get densly extreme... its a waterspout or funnel cloud... dont freak!! there too small to kill you mostly...
i live in tunbridge wells in the middle of kent im 12 going on to 13 on the 25th july 2013 i was 6 and lucky enough i was in the car and i saw up above this funnel cloud formation so i called mum and dad back to the car and you wouldent believe the rest but we were heading into the tornadoes path and when it was over head the car started to shake and strain and then the drivers window smashes as of a beach peble being chucked to the car i know crazy right reply if u please
With the greatest of respect, that is incorrect. The formation, propagation and potential impact of the vortex is exactly the same whether over land or water - it's just called something different. At TORRO we investigate dozens of similar events, and quite a few recently have involved waterspouts moving inland in south coast locations. The tornado over water (a waterspout) isn't necessarily weaker than the land version. It's just a name.
The one's in america are significantly more deadly. They can be up to two miles wide with wind speeds over 200 mph or since you guys use km/h that would be around 320 km/h. I live in Texas, I've seen one in person. Maybe not a two mile wide/200 mph monster but it was still powerful enough that people died :(
No, we do not. On average America gets 50-100 tornadoes every year. If we get tornadoes in the UK, we get about 3-4 a year, and not every year, as we do not have our specific season for it.
