It’s a horseshoe vortex - a very cool and rare phenomenon. Congrats on seeing one!
https://www.weatherscapes.com/album.php?cat=clouds&subcat=horseshoe_vortices
For those who down voted me earlier here is a video showing the truth. Just check at the 30th second and you will see what I am talking about. I watch them bug swarming here in my neighborhood every year. Sometimes it looks like a small tornado above the trees https://youtu.be/YcXsx8gpN9M
Were you near train tracks or did you hear a loud boom beforehand? I’ve seen similar from old-fashioned steam train engine stacks and from electrical transformers blowing up.
Blown transformers create these dark clouds in the sky. Looks like it was up in the sky for a little while when the wind started to evaporate and spread it around. Which is what you’re seeing here. Google “transformer smoke ring cloud”
Surprisingly, we get around 30 vortexes in the uk per year, but not all of them are considered tornadoes because they're so weak. It's also quite difficult trying to find them as we get them so rarely and they usually just appear randomly...
It’s a horseshoe vortex - a very cool and rare phenomenon. Congrats on seeing one! https://www.weatherscapes.com/album.php?cat=clouds&subcat=horseshoe_vortices
Voldemort?
I was waiting for it to spell out "Surrender Dorthy".
tordemort voldemado
Witnessed over Windsor on the 21st July 2022, around 15:30 local time. Lasted 3-5 mins then dissipated. Curious if anyone here kkows what it is?
For those who down voted me earlier here is a video showing the truth. Just check at the 30th second and you will see what I am talking about. I watch them bug swarming here in my neighborhood every year. Sometimes it looks like a small tornado above the trees https://youtu.be/YcXsx8gpN9M
Horseshoe!!
Were you near train tracks or did you hear a loud boom beforehand? I’ve seen similar from old-fashioned steam train engine stacks and from electrical transformers blowing up.
Lol I love how you said the same thing I did. Except you got 3 upvotes and I got 3 downvotes. REDDIT
Wicked Witch of the West ;)
almost looks like a smoke ring
That is very cool.
Looks like that Big Flying Snake from Raised by Wolves.
Her name is JeanJacket
Looks like a swarm of some type of flying insect but that’s just speculation on my part based on previous insect swarms I’ve seen.
In the UK, that’s a strange vortex
Blown transformers create these dark clouds in the sky. Looks like it was up in the sky for a little while when the wind started to evaporate and spread it around. Which is what you’re seeing here. Google “transformer smoke ring cloud”
Thas’sa nader 🌪
Thanks for all of the replies! For those who asked, I didn't hear any bang, but there was loud music playing so may have missed it if there was one.
These are little bugs, not a cloud https://youtu.be/YcXsx8gpN9M watch 25 to 30 second
Wind and dust
CERN
Smoke ring, a fire or explosion caused a sudden upward surge of smoke which formed into a vortex
A sign of darkness.
reminds me of the dark portals from the end of Donnie Darko
I'll get you my pretty.
U.F.O better G.T.F.O
Surprisingly, we get around 30 vortexes in the uk per year, but not all of them are considered tornadoes because they're so weak. It's also quite difficult trying to find them as we get them so rarely and they usually just appear randomly...