WINK News Weather Watchers and viewers sent in images of a waterspout off of the coast of Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel. Chief ...

The weather in Tampa Bay has been whiplashing between sunny and stormy all holiday weekend, and Sunday in Sarasota was no ...

In this Weather Wednesday we look at the difference between a fair weather waterspout and a tornadic waterspout.

What these people were spotting was likely a fair weather waterspout, one of two types, the other being a tornadoic waterspout.

Twin waterspouts were spotted swirling over the Manatee River in Bradenton and other Tampa Bay waters on Sunday afternoon. Mayor Gene Brown and his wife captured the rare sight of two waterspouts ...

Tornadic waterspouts form from thunderstorms, just like land tornadoes, while fair-weather waterspouts are typically smaller and less powerful without the need for storms.

Shiveley said that while fair weather waterspouts are common in Florida, an event like Sunday’s, with two well-formed spouts, is “pretty rare.” ...

Two massive waterspouts got very close to shocked boaters on the Manatee River in Bradenton.

This was a group of fair-weather waterspouts that formed alongside a small storm. Fair-weather waterspouts form from bottom to top and typically do not move very much.

Waterspouts can occur without a tornado and are called fair weather waterspouts. Typically, these do not pose as much of a threat as tornado waterspouts, because if they were to make landfall they ...

The dual waterspouts in Bradenton were “fair weather waterspouts” that can happen during relatively calm weather when sea breezes collide or the leading edge of a thunderstorm brings a gusty ...