webfact Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Southern Thailand: Waterspouts appear off Songkhla islands The Facebook page of the province of Songkhla in southern Thailand showed crowds marvelling at the natural phenomenon of waterspouts. They appeared by the islands known as Cat and Mouse. A waterspout is an intense columnar vortex that occurs over a body of water. Some are connected to a cumulus congestus cloud, some to a cumuliform cloud and some to a cumulonimbus cloud. In the common form, it is a non-supercell tornado over water, according to Wikipedia. Other online information said: Although waterspouts are not as destructive as their land based cousins their ability to carry anything in their path makes them dangerous to vessels and small craft. Not only can waterspouts cause havoc to mariners, they can devastate coral reefs and marine organisms that are close to the water's surface. No damage was reported by Sanook who said that the Thai colloquial terms for such things are "Elephant trunks". Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-06-22 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzandy Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 A Pee peeing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy one Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Who in their right mind wants to stay on a beach with clouds that dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodga Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 (edited) Saw one about 10 years ago near Samui out to sea. Here it is just starting Edited June 22, 2020 by bodga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 13 hours ago, Grumpy one said: Who in their right mind wants to stay on a beach with clouds that dark The same type of people who find huge waves or Tsunamis fascinating, stand and watch it coming ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgMech Cowboy Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 I would have been a lot more concerned about lightening where those folks are standing. Water spouts are interesting to watch, but it's not save standing on an open beach like that. Obvious lightening rods they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkside Gray Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Not a odd thing in this area in fact quite common to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timendres Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Aren't those the exact same photos I saw in an article published on TVF a few weeks ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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