A waterspout appears in Yangjiang, Guangdong. Under what circumstances will this natural phenomenon occur?
Waterspouts usually appear in summer and during thunderstorms. This is a type of strong convective weather that occurs on the sea surface, rivers and lakes, because small-scale vortices appear and suck away the water in rivers, lakes and seas. Faced with this magical phenomenon, people call it "dragon absorbing water".
The ancients did not understand this phenomenon and thought it was a dragon appearing in the sky, sucking water from rivers, lakes and seas. Today, this mystery has been solved scientifically. The so-called "dragon absorbs water" is nothing more than a small tornado that sweeps the surface water of rivers, lakes and seas into the air. Waterspouts appear during summer thunderstorms
Waterspouts usually appear in the afternoon or evening; during thunderstorms, tornadoes are formed due to the updraft of thunderclouds. Under the influence of wind, a large amount of moisture is carried, making the moisture seem to be sucked into the sky by clouds.
Such a move will make people feel spectacular and at the same time marvel at the magic and power of nature. Fortunately, the scope of the waterspout is not large, and the damage it can cause is very limited. The diameter is usually more than ten meters, and the maximum diameter generally does not exceed one hundred meters. The duration of this phenomenon varies from a few minutes to an hour. Tornadoes that occur on the water also have great power
Although tornadoes occur on the water, they have a power that cannot be underestimated. They can absorb calm water into the sky. If this power is used on people body, the consequences will be disastrous.
A waterspout is a high-speed rotating tornado. In the center of the tornado, the water flow rotates quickly. In some cases, the waterspout may not contact the water surface. This situation is also known as a "funnel cloud".
Some scenes in the novel, where fish rain from the sky, are caused by waterspouts. Under the action of the waterspout, the water and the fish living in the water are attracted to the sky. Then, driven by the clouds, they reached the shore. As the tornado's wind force dropped, the fish and water fell to the ground.
Whether it is a waterspout or a tornado, we should stay away to prevent ourselves from entering the tornado vortex, which will cause us irreversible damage.