© Tim Bow
Rest Bay, Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Latitude: 51° 29' 30'' N
Longitude: 3° 43' 23'' W
07 October 2014 1817 (Local Time)
Image P/S code: S.11.5.1.5
Image I.D.: 5721
A funnel cloud is a type of spout. This cold-air funnel developed from the base of cumuliform cloud in an unstable airflow on the coast of south Wales, UK.
Cold-air funnels such as this one arise from localized convective and shear vortices associated with Cumulus congestus or Cumulonimbus and are not associated with larger scale mesocyclones.
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The upper-air profile from Camborne, England in the far south-west of UK was unstable to about 420 hPa at around midday.