Mini tornado sighted in singapore
By ahgong
@ahgong (10064)
Singapore
May 25, 2007 3:13am CST
A water spout has been sighted at about 2.40 am (singapore time) today (may 25) in the southern and eastern parts of singapore today.
In a country that is lucky not to have any natural calamities, this is the second sighting of such an event!
The first was on the island of Sentosa, spotted by a bunch of people partying on the beach a few months back. The mini tornado was form out of no where and it disappeared just as fast as it was created.
This time around, the sighting is of a slightly bigger one.
I wonder if this will become a cause for concern.
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5 responses
@dianagnes (1088)
• Singapore
28 May 07
Oh my God,really!!thanks for the info and pictures..im quite concern bout all these natural things.
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
29 May 07
Thanks for the reply.
I guess you are not the only one ;)
I am more curious to why it is happening now and not in the past?
What is the difference in the weather today as compared to... say... 10 years ago?
Are such sightings going to be expected in future?
Are such sightings going to be common in future?
Will there be such a day when the pressure difference is high enough to create a water funnel that will cause damages?
So many questions, so little answers.
@Norstar (694)
• India
25 May 07
It is definitely a cause for concern in that since we know about it, we must anticipate what all is possible to happen and take precautions to safeguard ourselves.
It is better to take preventive measures than repairs. How is the Meteorological information over there? I hope they are active and have adequate means of obtaining and then transmitting relevant information to the people concerned.
@LALI200380 (467)
• Romania
25 May 07
i don t now what is happen in this word but i hope we can do somethink to change this.
you now few years in my country all was normal but from 3 4 years everithing is change.
now we have also smoll tornado an is so hot sometimes(45).
maybe next sezon we will be frozen and i think we must stop and think what we can do to save the planet.
now in all word are problems and yes asia and sua have big problems because they have wather neer.
we have a chance because we are in the europe and we have mount .but i m not so optimist.
good help us
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
25 May 07
thanks for the reply.
This phenomenon is also new to Singapore. Honestly, I am sure many Singaporeans are caught off guard by it as well.
The weather has changed so much in the past few years. Things like Tsunamis, High waves and flooding are also getting more frequent in the past few years in Asia.
I really do hope this is not the beginning of anything. We can only pray for safety. Only time will tell.
@squaretile (3778)
• Singapore
28 May 07
according to my friend who studied geography, this is nothing to be alarmed about.
it is caused by a spot of low pressure and high pressure. So the pressure differences causes the water from the sea or river to be funneled up skywards. as the water evaporates, more water is sucked up. this causes the twister funnel lookalike.
I didn't see it, but apparently it cannot come inland. so it does not have the potential to cause damage. on the other hand tornados or twisters are much much worse. in a small country like singapore, just one tornado, not to mention typhoon or hurricane will wipe us flat.
the water spout dissipates once the high and low pressure spot equalises. For tornados, they are caused by an entire BELT of low pressure. Hence, they move along the belt and cause devastation. Singapore is relatively blessed in that tornados don't have the potential to develop.
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
29 May 07
Thanks for the reply.
yeah... studied it before. But it has never really happened before here in the past. Only the end of last year and this recent incident.
And the recent incident is a bigger one compared to the last one. One cannot help but wonder, what is happening to the weather around the region?
Why is there a sudden pressure disparity in recent years?
Are more such sightings to be expected in future?
Will the pressure difference build up to such an extent that one day, there will be one big enough to cause damage?
Going through the papers, it doesn't seem like any study has been sanctioned to look into this anomaly.
