Some North Okanagan residents were wide-eyed in awe as they looked out over Okanagan Lake Friday, Feb. 12.
What appeared to be a tornado formed over the lake, near Fintry Friday morning.
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Chubb saw the long funnel from the living room window of her Okanagan Centre home, looking across the lake.
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91裸聊视频淚t was so cool! Myself and the car in front of me had to pull over for it,91裸聊视频� Tiffany Dorion said.
The weather phenomenon was also observed by Joanne Croom, who caught two on camera. But according to Croom, it is not a tornado, but evaporation fog on the lake.
Meteorologist Jaclyn Whittal with the Weather Network says they are in fact steam devils.
91裸聊视频淭hey happen over the Great Lakes when we get some of the coldest air of the season almost every year,91裸聊视频� Whittal said.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e getting a very cold Arctic outbreak right now and it91裸聊视频檚 all to do with the difference in water temperature in the air above,91裸聊视频� said Whittal, noting that the devils appear over the Great Lakes during cold spells too.
91裸聊视频淭his triggers convection91裸聊视频team can form right above the water (as you can see in the picture) rising air from the warm lake water can also create some wind shear and that steam can be drawn into a vortex. This vortex displays this magnificent phenomenon the steam devil.91裸聊视频�
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