| Daniel Lim |
SEVERAL waterspouts and funnel clouds can be seen forming in the Belait District due to the recent heavy rains and high winds,
According to Brunei Darussalam Meteorolog-ical Depart-ment, a funnel cloud is a funnel-shaped cloud of condensed water droplets, associated with a rotating column of wind and extending from the base of a cloud (usually a cumulonimbus or towering cumulus cloud) but not reaching the ground or a water surface.
A funnel cloud is usually visible as a cone-shaped or needle like protuberance from the main cloud base. Although cold-air funnels rarely make ground contact, they may touch down brief-ly and become weak tornadoes or waterspouts.
“A funnel cloud is usually short-lived and is not dangerous unless it reaches the ground and when this weather phenomenon occur over a water surface, it is called a waterspout,” the department added.
The department said it will continue to monitor the current weather situation in Brunei and advised the public to keep up to date with the latest weather information by visiting its website www.met.gov.bn, or following its Facebook and Instagram (bruneiweather), or its mobile application Brunei WX.
The public may also contact the meteorological hotline 114 for information on the weather in Brunei.
Photo shows the waterspouts seen in the Belait District. – DANIEL LIM
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