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Understanding Water Spouts: Formation, Characteristics, and Facts

Water spouts are twirling columns of water formed when a tornado touches a water surface. Typically the size of a tornado or smaller, they rarely cause harm. Key factors contributing to their formation include mesocyclones, non-supercell funnel clouds, precipitation bands, and water. The development of a water spout usually starts with a dark spot and spiral pattern on the water, accompanied by a spray ring and a visible condensation funnel. While they can occur in various locations, they are most commonly seen in areas like the Great Lakes. Interestingly, water spouts are known to affect sea life and can occasionally pose risks to humans.

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Understanding Water Spouts: Formation, Characteristics, and Facts

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  1. Water spouts WATER SPOUTS By Samuel Moseley Mr. Sheppard2nd block

  2. Facts about water spouts • http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~schultz/c-k/waterspouts/wea

  3. How it happens • Water spouts become water spouts when a tornado touches water • Water spouts are size of a tornado or smaller. • They almost never cause harm

  4. Things that help create it  • Mesocyclone- vortex of air • Non super cell funnel cloud • Precipitation bands • And water • http://www.britannica.com/thunderstorms_tornadoes/ocliwea124v4.html

  5. Process • formation of a dark spot on the water • spiral pattern on the water surface • formation of a spray ring, • development of the visible condensation funnel • and ultimately decay

  6. wfmz.com nicaa.net What they look like

  7. Were they form • Water spouts can form in any particular place that has tornados and water • Most popularly in the great lakes • Its closely related to dust devils fire and water spouts

  8. Interesting facts • Water spouts kill about 4000 sea creatures a year and 1 human every 4 years • They only last twenty minutes • The biggest one recorded threw fish 34 miles in land

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