Suggestions on what this is?

[Todd Rittinger]

Hola ST'ers!

Back in late August, I was out in Prince Edward Island on business and snapped a few shots of this lowering(?). I'm curious as to what it might be. The day in question was fairly clear, although the image appears to have darker shaded skies, the camera makes things a little misleading...lot's of blue. The parent cloud was nothing to write home about either. A struggling waterspout maybe? Fluke cylindrical cloud formation? Due to our proximity to the ocean at the time, I can only surmise that the parent cloud was out over water.

TIA!
Be well, TR

And believe it or not, there really is a McLobster!

 

[cdcollura]

Good day,

Nice shot!

Could be a waterspout if over water, but un-deniably a funnel cloud beneath a cumulus buildup.

Possible cold core environment?

 

[Khristian Snyder]

Looks like a waterspout style funnel to me. They like to form under these towering cumulus on nice days.

 

[Terry Tyler]

definatly a funnel cloud beneath some TCU...

 

[joel ewing]

Funnel. Without a doubt. Nice catch.

 

[Todd Rittinger]

Thanx for the input guys, much appreciated!

Be well, TR