Knowledge Zone#KnowledgeBit: A #Waterspout is an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud) 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.
Nicola GriffithCherry: The Final Flowering
April is always a strange time here in our particular corner of the PNW where our house seems to sit in its own tiny pocket of micro-climate. We have what I believe is the last-to-bloom cherry tree in Seattle.
Three days ago the tree was bare and the sky brilliant blue. Two days ago we had thunder, lightning, hail…and a waterspout over Puget Sound. Waterspout sounds sort of cute ad friendly, doesn’t it? It’s not. It’s a tornado over water—you do not want to encounter one if you’re in a boat. (Both these images are screen grabs from local news video—like the cats, I was very sensibly safe indoors; sorry for the poor quality.)
Yesterday? The cherry tree decided, Okay, the weather has thrown its final spring curveball, safe to bloom! And so it did.
Every year the speed of change surprises me. One day nothing—no leaves, no flowers—then one morning buds with tiny pink frills peeking from the tips. Then, hours or days later (always unexpected), spang! Leaves and flowers at once. Within a week the whole tree will look like a puff of cotton candy; three of four days after that they’ll all fall off and turn the lawn into a pink carpet. For days the cats will come home covered in petals, tracking them everywhere. Sadly (for us—Kelley really likes cherries), despite all the flowering there will be no fruit. There never is. I don’t know why. The tree is at least 25 years old, so it’s not a question of age. I don’t think it’s a nutrient or sunlight issue, either. I think our cherry just doesn’t have any suitable friends close enough to cross-pollinate.
Perhaps one day someone will plant something compatible, and one day there will be tiny little cherry trees springing up all over. Until then, the birds love the tree. The cats love the tree. And I love the tree. It seems content.
#april #cherryBlossom #cherryTree #flowers #garden #gardening #hail #microClimate #nature #seattle #spring #waterspout #weather
Headlines AfricaRare waterspout stuns residents off Algiers coast http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRs1dw #Waterspout #Algiers #Weather #Nature #ClimateChange
~meoralis~#FotoVorschlag: Eingefrorene Bewegung // Frozen in motion
Zum #TextureTuesday noch eine Aufnahme vom #Starkregen, der uns letztes Jahr im Juni ereilte, als das #Fallrohr an der Terrasse noch eine Baustelle war.
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For #TextureTuesday, here's another shot of the massive #downpour we had in June last year, when the #downspout by the patio was still under construction.
#water #rain #drainPipe #waterspout #downpipe #Regenrinne #Regen #waterFlow #flowingWater #Wasser #minimalist #minimalism #minimalistisch #MinimalismMonday
Zum #TextureTuesday noch eine Aufnahme vom #Starkregen, der uns letztes Jahr im Juni ereilte, als das #Fallrohr an der Terrasse noch eine Baustelle war.
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For #TextureTuesday, here's another shot of the massive #downpour we had in June last year, when the #downspout by the patio was still under construction.
#water #rain #drainPipe #waterspout #downpipe #Regenrinne #Regen #waterFlow #flowingWater #Wasser #minimalist #minimalism #minimalistisch #MinimalismMonday
SV BarbapiccolaWhen we were coming into Great Harbour, we saw a worrisome funnel-like #cloud formation. Any #weather / #meteorology experts out there? What is this? A #waterspout?
RustyLMehlbergSEA SMOKE...AND A WATERSPOUT?
A viewer shared with me their view of the "#seasmoke" that took place last Saturday on #LakeSuperior.
A closer look shows a...possible #waterspout?
I'm not too familiar with cold weather waterspouts, but it does look like it.
What do you think?
Một vòi rồng cao hàng trăm mét đã xuất hiện trên vùng biển xã Hải Tiến, tỉnh Ninh Bình sau một trận mưa lớn.
#vòirồng #NinhBình #thờitiết #biển #ViệtNam #waterspout #weather #Vietnam
https://vtcnews.vn/xuat-hien-voi-rong-tren-vung-bien-ninh-binh-ar970990.html
Một vòi rồng cao hàng trăm mét vừa xuất hiện trên vùng biển xã Hải Tiến, tỉnh Ninh Bình sau một trận mưa lớn. Đây là một hiện tượng thiên nhiên kỳ thú và hiếm gặp.
#NinhBình #VòiRồng #ThờiTiết #ThiênNhiên #ViệtNam
#Waterspout #Weather #Nature #Vietnam
https://vietnamnet.vn/xuat-hien-voi-rong-tren-vung-bien-ninh-binh-2452281.html
MediaFaro MagazineTwin waterspouts merge near the Italian coastline.
A local tour boat operator paused an excursion so he could film the waterspouts off Italy's east coast.
We had a massive #downpour an hour ago. And the #drainpipe by the terrace, that's connected to the cistern, isn't installed yet because the shed/terrace still isn't finished. We probably have a hole in the garden now from the #water, but on the bright side, I could take the action mode of the Sony a6000 for a ride. 😂 (This is pretty much sooc with minimal editing)
Oh, and guess who had their washing out in the #rain ... 🙈
#downspout #waterspout #downpipe #Regenrinne #Regen #Starkregen #waterFlow #flowingWater #Wasser #minimalist #minimalism #minimalistisch #MinimalismMonday
Oh, and guess who had their washing out in the #rain ... 🙈
#downspout #waterspout #downpipe #Regenrinne #Regen #Starkregen #waterFlow #flowingWater #Wasser #minimalist #minimalism #minimalistisch #MinimalismMonday
