Center seeks information on Great Lakes waterspouts
The residents of Belgium Wis. were surprised to see what they thought to be a winter waterspout recently in Lake Michigan, but it turns out what they really saw was a steam devil.
The confusion is understandable. Steam devils and waterspouts are both created by sea smoke, very cold air moving across warmer waters evaporating so fast they produce vapor. But steam devils are formed in open air while waterspouts attach to the clouds, said Wade Szilagyi director of the International Centre for Waterspout Research in Ontario.
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