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Can waterspouts be forecasted

Updated: 8/18/2019
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To a limited degree, yes. While we have no way of predicting where a specific waterspout may or may not form, it is possible to predict the general conditions that can lead to them. Such conditions involve the water being warmer than the air above it, and adequate convection to get them started.

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