Sunday 30 September 2007

6/8/07, Funnel Cloud in Greece (photos)

Hi everybody! This is the first message I write on my Blog.
I'm writting about a really interesting phenomenon, that happened here in Greece (Thessaloniki) in August! It was a hot day with unstable weather, so I went to the flat roof to look for thunderstorms. And I noticed a Cumulonibus cloud North of Thessaloniki, which was "producing" small Cumulus.
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While these Cumulus clouds, were getting closer to Hortiatis mountain, they were getting bigger, developing up to Cumulus congestus, as you can see in the picture.
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But suddenly something strange happened! The Cumulus clouds were developing so rapidly, that they had already become a Cumulonibus cloud in 15 minutes!!!
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The rain soon started under the Cumuloninbus cloud and some small mamatus appeared.
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After watching the whole development I suddenly noticed something! A little funnel appeared from the Cumulonimbus cloud!!


The funnel was getting larger and the whole phenomenon lasted 15-20 minutes!!


And another thunderstorm appeared North.

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This funnel cloud may not excite someone living in USA, but phenomenons like this do not appear that often in Europe, but they can be a nice surprise, since accidents do not happen.

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