An impressive and at the same time terrifying waterspout was formed close to the coast on the first “leg” of Halkidiki peninsula on Sunday morning.
Immediately sunbathers at the beach of Xenia by the village of Paliouri in the south of Kassandra grabbed their mobiles to capture the spectacular phenomenon.
They uploaded several videos and pictures on social media.
Videos:
Είπαμε σαν τη Χαλκιδική δεν έχει… και μας έπιασε στο στόμα του ο ακατανόμαστος! Από Παλιούρι το βίντεο μου το έστειλε παρέα φίλων και με ενημέρωσε ότι αρχίσαν τα ευχέλαια να ξορκίσουν τον υδροστρόβιλο και να τον στείλουν πουθενά που θα πιάσει τόπο! #υδροστροβιλος pic.twitter.com/SjOYx5bIbh
— Stefanos Damianidis (@dstefanos) August 14, 2022
#Χαλκιδικη #ΕΛΛΑΔΑ #υδροστρόβιλος #καιρος #Weather #meteo #WaterSpout pic.twitter.com/UX7YwSNXZc
— Meteo24news.gr (@Meteonews_gr) August 14, 2022
Phenomena of waterspout occur on days with great heat and humidity and is the vortex between a “storm cloud” and the surface of the sea. The main cause of this phenomenon is the large temperature difference between water surfaces and upper atmospheric layers.
Although weaker than tornadoes, waterspouts have a wind speed of over 100 km per hour. But when they reach land, they dissipate.
Most waterspouts are observed near the tropics and less frequently in the mid-latitudes.
