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Tornado-like clouds have been spotted over the English county of Somerset

Added	Tue, 18/05/2021
Источники	gismeteo.by burnham-on-sea.com
Дата публикации	Tue, 18/05/2021
Версии	Cloud (natural and man-made)

Unusual funnel-shaped clouds were seen on May 16 over the county of Somerset in England. Eyewitnesses filmed the elongated cloud formations and shared rare footage on social networks.

The phenomenon of cloud craters was observed before the thunderstorm, after that there were heavy downpours in the county.

According to the UK Meteorological Office, funnel clouds are formed from drops of condensed water. This atmospheric formation is associated with the rotating wind flow at the base of the cumulus cloud. The funnel does not reach the ground or the water surface over which the cloud is moving.

A funnel cloud looks like a cone or sharp protrusion running down from the base of the cloud. It is most often formed in thunderstorm supercells and can be a harbinger of tornadoes. But the funnel clouds themselves are just a visual phenomenon, not a swirl of wind.