KNYSNA NEWS - Many Knysna residents noticed what seemed to be a tornado passing over the ocean on Saturday, March 17.
"After some research, I discovered that what looked like a tornado over the sea is actually called a waterspout," explained Wayne Alexander, owner of The Alexander Guest House, Knysna.
Alexander said that staff and guests witnessed the waterspout passing across the ocean from the deck of his guesthouse in Coney Glen. "It was about 600m from shore and was travelling in an easterly direction," he explained.
"I checked the difference between a cyclone and a tornado and found that a cyclone is a large weather system that can measure a 100km across and last for up to a week." He continued, "A tornado is relatively small and short-lived and found over land. If you see what looks like a tornado over the sea, it's called a waterspout."
Alexander said he also saw a second waterspout forming, but unfortunately it became obscured by a rainstorm which moved in the same direction.
ARTICLE: FRAN KIRSTEN, KNYSNA-PLETT HERALD JOURNALIST
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