A WATERSPOUT
I - TRAVELS OVER, WELLINGTON
AND OUT TO SEA;. STRIKING SCENE. tBY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 27. A large waterspout was scene travelling across the southern portion of Wellington about 3 o’clock yesterday. It appeared to be over Newtown Park when first observed, but was probably out to sea, .It moved in the direction of ' Pencarrow Head, where it was lost to view. At 5 o’clock a similar black column was seen !in the vicinity of Island Bay. It travelled south across the water and then collapsed, the upper portion falling like a heavy rain shower. riTlic conditions for the formation of _a. .waterspout ap]>car to he a whirlwind occurring over, the sea. or a large lake during the prevalence of a humid atmosphere. The rise of heated air is accompanied by inrushing wind, which lashes up the water into waves and the foam and • spindrift is carried upwards. Cloud ' forms most of the system, and a cloudburst on land is the counterpart of the waterspout at sea.]
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 December 1924, Page 5
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170A WATERSPOUT Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 December 1924, Page 5
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