In this Weather Wednesday we look at the difference between a fair weather waterspout and a tornadic waterspout.

“It really was unreal!” wrote Jeni Scheid, who shared video of the incident with the Bradenton Herald. “Seemed like a movie ...

Tornadic waterspouts do more damage than fair weather waterspouts and should be treated like a regular tornado. Not something we typically see around here but with all the lakes in our area, it ...

While fair-weather waterspouts occasionally move onshore, they normally dissipate quickly. The waterspout that moved onshore in Surf City on July 19, 2017, was classified as a fair-weather waterspout.

While fair-weather waterspouts occasionally move onshore, they normally dissipate quickly. The waterspout that moved onshore in Surf City on July 19, 2017, was classified as a fair-weather waterspout.

While fair-weather waterspouts occasionally move onshore, they normally dissipate quickly. The waterspout that moved onshore in Surf City on July 19, 2017, was classified as a fair-weather waterspout.

While fair-weather waterspouts occasionally move onshore, they normally dissipate quickly. The waterspout that moved onshore in Surf City on July 19, 2017, was classified as a fair-weather waterspout.

While fair-weather waterspouts occasionally move onshore, they normally dissipate quickly. The waterspout that moved onshore in Surf City on July 19, 2017, was classified as a fair-weather waterspout.

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Fair-weather ones are weak, brief and form from the surface of the sea, climbing towards the sky with hot air. A tornadic waterspout, on the other hand, is in essence a tornado.