VANCOUVER – When a very cold air mass flows over a warmer body of water it creates an effect known as ‘Arctic sea smoke.’
Jerry Mason captured the effect earlier this week on Okanagan Lake, when the air temperature was about -18 degrees in the Okanagan Valley.
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Global BC meteorologist Kristi Gordon says the little tornadoes that can be seen on the surface of the lake also form when it is very windy.
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The moist air can be seen rising from the lake and up to the low clouds above.
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