waterspout
Tornado over water
A waterspout is a tornado that forms over water, appearing as a rotating column of air and mist extending from a cloud to the water's surface: We watched a waterspout form over the bay.
Waterspouts are usually weaker than land tornadoes but can still be dangerous to boats.
Separately, a waterspout is a pipe or spout that discharges water, as on a fountain or roof gutter.
Cone directing flow
- twisterRotating destructive windstorm
- supercellRotating severe thunderstorm
- mesocycloneRotating updraft in supercells
- updraftUpward air movement
downdraft · rotation · landspout · tornadic · storm-chaser · touchdown · debris · siren
Towering storm-producing cloud
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
- anemometerInstrument measuring air velocity
cyclone · turbulence · convection · instability · humidity · tropical · subtropical · precipitation
Water-spouting structure
- gargoyleDecorative architectural waterspout
- spigotLiquid flow controller
- drainpipePipe for waste water
- gutterEdge channel for runoff
scupper · rainwater · drainage · cistern · rooftop · masonry · ornamental · grotesque
Traveling by ocean vessel
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- sailorSeafaring crew member
navigation · Mediterranean · Caribbean · sighting · logbook · deck · mast · capsizing
funnel
Cone directing flow
- twisterRotating destructive windstorm
- supercellRotating severe thunderstorm
- mesocycloneRotating updraft in supercells
updraft · downdraft · rotation · landspout · tornadic · storm-chaser · touchdown · debris · siren · warning
cumulonimbus
Towering storm-producing cloud
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
anemometer · cyclone · turbulence · convection · instability · humidity · tropical · subtropical · precipitation · radar
fountain
Water-spouting structure
- gargoyleDecorative architectural waterspout
- spigotLiquid flow controller
- drainpipePipe for waste water
gutter · scupper · rainwater · drainage · cistern · rooftop · masonry · ornamental · grotesque · cathedral
seafaring
Traveling by ocean vessel
sailor · navigation · Mediterranean · Caribbean · sighting · logbook · deck · mast · capsizing · avoidance
phenomenon
Extraordinary observable occurrence
- marvelAstonishing thing or feeling
- amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
- aweReverent fear and wonder
observation · display · wonder · dramatic · towering · majestic · photography · video · witness · sighting
danger
Exposure to harm
- warningAlert about danger
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- damageHarm or impairment
risk · threat · peril · destruction · safety · advisory · boater · aircraft · emergency · shelter
- phenomenanorthern lights, eclipse, earthquake, solar eclipse, volcanic eruption
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
- weather phenomenatornado, wind, hurricane, gust, blizzard
- Tornadoestornado, twister, funnel cloud, funnel, vortex
- natural disastersearthquake, tornado, hurricane, tsunami, volcanic eruption
- natural wondersnorthern lights, aurora borealis, auroras, rainbows, Great Barrier Reef
waterspouttornado
Violent rotating windstorm
landspout · dust devil · fire whirl · dust storm · sandstorm
waterspoutdownpour
Intense precipitation event
whirlpool · rainfall · maelstrom · precipitation · sinkhole
waterspoutcalm seas
Flat, waveless ocean
flat water · dead calm · still water · becalmed · doldrums