What is a waterspout, the phenomenon that surprised in a bay in Uruguay

What is a waterspout, the phenomenon that surprised in a bay in Uruguay

October 25, 2024 – 15:28

The phenomenon was captured by the official meteorology agency, which shared images of it and also reported why it is generated.

Inumet

A waterspout recorded this Friday in the bay of the port of Montevideo in Uruguay. He Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) He shared images of the marine event that surprised more than one, and explained how and why they occur.

The phenomenon occurred around 1:30 p.m. and lasted just over 40 seconds. The waterspout could also be captured from the side of the Montevideo Hill.

“Just moments ago it was observed in the Bay of the Port of Montevideo. The waterspout is a rotating vortex of ascending wind, from the sea surface towards the cloud,” explained Inumet through its X account.

uruguay waterspout

The striking movement was recorded around 1:30 p.m. (local time).

Inumet

What is a waterspout

According to the Uruguayan organization, This phenomenon is a rotating vortex of ascending windfrom the sea surface to the cloud. Given the conditions of relatively warm sea surface temperatures, and the interaction with a cold and unstable air mass that currently affects the Uruguayan coast, the formation of waterspouts increases.

What the specialists say

“It is a strong downdraft, turbined air beneath a cumulonimbus (storm cloud),” as explained by the meteorologist Jose Serra to The Country Uruguay. This air “reaches the ground forming a kind of waterspout,” said Serra, but he affirmed that The correct term would be microtornado because the air current would not come from the river but from the cloud.

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