A waterspout formed this Wednesday morning in the vicinity of the emblematic Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, on the coast of Havana.
The Forecast Center of the Institute of Meteorology (Insmet) of Cuba informed through its Twitter account about the possible formation of the waterspout.
The scientific institution noted the coincidence of the event with the arrival of the first cold front of the current season to the north west coast of the Island, which caused some rains and a slight drop in temperatures in that area.
Possible waterspout this morning north of #Havanawith the arrival of the first cold front of the winter season. pic.twitter.com/67MRNC99s7
— Forecast Center, Insmet (@cnp_insmet_cuba) October 19, 2022
According to experts, what happened is also known as a Water Manga, an atmospheric phenomenon in the form of a funnel or tube-shaped extension of clouds up to 200 meters in diameter and about 1,000 meters high. an office from the agency Latin Press (PL).
The medium refers to the fact that trombsa are usually located between the base of a cumulonimbus cloud and the sea surface, they originate in the sea and generally form in tropical areas.
Remember PL that in the afternoon of September 7, a waterspout with similar characteristics was seen near the municipality of Cumanayagua, in the province of Hundred fires.
Also in February of this year a similar event made landfall in eastern Havana and caused material damage to light roofs, trees and power lines.
Then the specialists pointed out as “the high humidity content and favorable conditions in the upper troposphere (the layer of the atmosphere in contact with the surface), between 10 and 12 kilometers high” as the main reasons for the event.
According to witnesses cited by PLthe recent waterspout could be seen for more than 20 minutes and was very slow moving and had a high cloud base height.
