Originally Posted by NicknBabs

What time was that? We were in our pool about 4PM, lanai faces west, and didnt see anything threatening....

I was coming back from the dog parkwith Bonyta so I'd guess around 5p.m give or take a half hour.I've never seen a funnel cloud before and thought it was weird that it was high in the sky with the tail a long way from the ground!

[villagegolfer]

Originally Posted by Bosoxfan

I was coming back from the dog parkwith Bonyta so I'd guess around 5p.m give or take a half hour.I've never seen a funnel cloud before and thought it was weird that it was high in the sky with the tail a long way from the ground!

Yea, I was on the golf course (Tarpon Boil) and it was really very high in the sky and did not look threatening. We just kept on playing.

[Mikitv]

We were driving home when we saw it and it wasn't a funnel cloud. They called it a land spout since there really wasn't any rotation. Scared me for sure when I saw it.

[Russ_Boston]

Originally Posted by Mikitv

We were driving home when we saw it and it wasn't a funnel cloud. They called it a land spout since there really wasn't any rotation. Scared me for sure when I saw it.

A landspout does indeed have rotation: (From Wiki) Like waterspouts, they are also technically considered tornadoes since they are defined by an intensely rotating column of air in contact with both the surface and a cumuliform cloud. Not all landspouts are visible, and many are first sighted as debris swirling at the surface before eventually filling in with condensation and dust.

The difference is that landspouts are not associated with a Mesocylone. Not exactly sure what this was but in the end it was harmless.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Russ_Boston

A landspout does indeed have rotation: (From Wiki) Like waterspouts, they are also technically considered tornadoes since they are defined by an intensely rotating column of air in contact with both the surface and a cumuliform cloud. Not all landspouts are visible, and many are first sighted as debris swirling at the surface before eventually filling in with condensation and dust.

The difference is that landspouts are not associated with a Mesocylone. Not exactly sure what this was but in the end it was harmless.

Wow Russ! I am impressed. I thought you were just another pretty face!

[mrfixit]

.....OK...is it just me...on POST # 7....I see a face and praying hands....above the little roundy set of trees in the middle....then straight up almost to the top of clouds...then slightly to the right...( my zoom is set at 131% ..and it also show up at normal zoom)............

[Boudicca]

I am glad I posted our photos of the clouds and funnel. Who knew such small things would provide so much pleasure and invite such a variety of comments.

Thank you, gracious Gracie, always so prompt with a kind word or two, and I appreciate your compliment regarding my fun with the camera.

Ain't the Villages the best place in the world to be? (of course, that IS a rhetorical questions)...

[redwitch]

I saw the funnel cloud and really thought I was seeing things. I finally decided it couldn't be what I thought it was (if it was, then I should be finding a tunnel to hide in since I was in my golf cart) and was just a weird-shaped cloud (kinda looked like an elephant's trunk). Had I known that my first thought was correct, I would have been terrified.

BTW -- Both were great shots of Florida's wondrous clouds.

[renielarson]

Originally Posted by piashank

Now you scared my wife. We close on our house on Allure Loop in Buttonwood this Wed. I hope we don't see to many of these.

Welcome, neighbor! We also live on Allure Loop.

[renielarson]

Not sure what it was but it initially scared me. My hubs was at the Square and I called him. He said they were watching it from there but no one seemed concerned. I turned on the local weather and not one mention of it. My weather radio also didn't go off. So, I took a pic from my lanai and watched it disappear.

[robertj1954]

Friday's storm had some strong winds. It knocked the two lights clean off the garage! Unfortunately, the roof is still intact, so it looks like I am still on the hook paying for a new one!