'Beautiful' clouds spotted in Irish skies by early morning commuters
Thundery conditions may arise from the rare clouds
A rare weather phenomenon has been spotted over Irish skies by early morning commuters.
Three funnel clouds were seen this Friday morning at around 6:20am just outside Rathnew, Co Wicklow.
The clouds were spotted floating over the M11 by motorists and pictures of the rare weather phenomenon have been circulating online.
The picture of the sunrise clouds have been branded 'amazing' and 'beautiful' by social media users on X (formally Twitter).
Funnel clouds are cone-shaped, spinning fingers of cloud that reach towards the ground, but never touch it. When they do reach the ground, they become a tornado.
In Ireland, they often look like thin dangling bits of rope, hanging from the cloud above. But in hotspots such as tornado alley in the USA, funnel clouds can sometimes be thicker and much more intense.