Funnel cloud spotted in skies above Peterborough
A funnel cloud has been spotted in the sky above Peterborough on Tuesday (May 3).
PT reader Paul Smith spotted the funnel cloud above Hampton Gardens.
It was a day when the glorious and hot sunshine of recent weeks came to and end in some areas of the city with large periods of rain.
At around 6:30pm, heavy rain and hail stones hit the eastern part of the city, including the village of Eye.
Despite appearing to look like a tornado, the weather phenomenon is known as a ‘funnel cloud.’
The Met Office describes funnel clouds as ‘spinning fingers of cloud that reach towards the ground, but never touch it.’
It is only when these ‘tuba’ touch the ground that they become fully-fledged tornadoes (or water spouts if they are over water).
More rain is forecast in the coming days with as high as a 90% chance at 12pm on Thursday (June 4) according to the Met Office. Chances then are at 80% on Saturday morning from 6am to 8am and then at over 50% into well into the afternoon.