tq2wx

Thanks for ID'ing the weather type guys and the reason why it forms, its clearly a very interesting location, as I was looking over I couldn't believe how high the cliffs were at certain parts. I did think it was a funnel but I definately wanted to make sure it was before posting it or mentioning it anywhere. Also thanks stormmad26 for the location ID. Its all cool as its about time I signed up here after lurking for years. Maybe one day I will get some real storm pics to share in the photo forum. All the best, TQ2WX

Can anyone tell me what this is in my photographs. I took these yesterday afternoon (8 sep) and I think the place where the cloud is is just east/s.east of Budleigh Salterton. I don't know the exact location for sure as I was in Babbacombe Torquay using a very powerful 30X zoom camera at full zoom (720mm). I took pictures of something coming out of the sky and heading quite close to the ground but was too far away to verify touchdown or not. This cloud is very thick and seems to be reaching at its end towards the ground. Also it looks to me but I'm no expert that its coming down from out of a large wall cloud/updraft. It did look like a wall cloud when I was taking the pictures and it was very dark near the base.