We don't see these around Kansas (at least in this form), mainly because we don't have big bodies of water here (El Dorado Lake doesn't count), but they did make for a spectacular show near Chicago over the weekend. A violent rotating column of air in contact with the ground is a tornado, but when it's over water, that's where we get waterspouts. They can move inland and become tornadoes, making them extremely dangerous. But when they develop over water, they only pose a threat to boats and a few swimmers. There were no reports of signifcant damage, but because they are rare over Lake Michigan, it created quite a stir for residents along the water. Only 13 waterspouts have been documented over Lake Michigan since 2000, and this weekend there were at least 6 different ones reported.
No waterspouts in our forecast (and not much water either). The pattern will continue to be dry for several more days. Our next chance for rain may not be until October 5th or 6th, and even then, that may only be a slight chance. The temperatures have been really nice lately, but we need rain in a bad way.
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