Snow Spout? (tornado, warm, temperature, 2013)

[Calvert Hall '62]

https://www.accuweather.com/en/video...wshgc1jiovgvax

[Cambium]

I would of called it a water spout and thought spouts needed some element of warmth. Interesting.

I found a story on winter waterspouts over Lake Superior a few years ago. With explanation on how it happened.

"Winter waterspouts occur when meteorological conditions are just right. You need a bitter arctic air mass passing over relatively warm lake water, and just enough light, low level wind shear to get the rapidly rising air currents spinning nicely."

https://blogs.mprnews.org/updraft/20...lake-superior/

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by Calvert Hall '62

https://www.accuweather.com/en/video...wshgc1jiovgvax

Wish accuweather ellaborated more. Here's from that link.

"A group of fishermen were off the east coast near the Gulf Stream when they spotted this huge snow spout. You can see fog coming off the ocean as a result of the warm water and cold air. They said the temperature was 19 F when the waterspout formed, and as the water moved skyward, it froze in the air and the waterspout collapsed."

[fisheye]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Wish accuweather ellaborated more. Here's from that link.

"A group of fishermen were off the east coast near the Gulf Stream when they spotted this huge snow spout. You can see fog coming off the ocean as a result of the warm water and cold air. They said the temperature was 19 F when the waterspout formed, and as the water moved skyward, it froze in the air and the waterspout collapsed."

I am bringing this old thread back to life because of a thread I had started on the 'Unexplained' forum: //www.city-data.com/forum/unexp...er-spouts.html. I had always thought that the small watersports, I saw as a kid/teenager, were normal or common. That was up until two days ago when I went looking for pictures of them on the internet. So I am hoping that somebody on this Weather forum has observed or has pictures of what I saw many, many years ago.

The water spouts I saw were a column of water from somewhere around two to five feet in diameter and five to ten feet tall. They did not last that long since they were on a very small lake (about three acres or maybe 150 to 200 yards across). They skimmed over the lake and disappeared immediately when they hit the shore line. On one occasion I saw three at the same time. This happened at least three or more times that I remember back in the 1950's and 1960's. The lake did sit in a valley which might have focused the winds just right?

All of the pictures I found on the web or YouTube were of just moisture laden waterspouts (that looked like they were ten or twenty feet in diameter and did not lift a column of water). It is not until you get into a full blown waterspout that you see pictures of water being sucked up. Of course there is a chance, that what I observed, was just the tip of a small tornado? But I am curious if others have pictures or have witnessed these very small twisters on a lake?