how high they are taken into the atmosphere, the fish are sometimes dead by the time they rain down. People as far as 100 mi inland have experienced raining fish. Fish can also be sucked up from rivers, but raining fish is not a common weather phenomenon.

Research and forecasting

The Szilagyi Waterspout Index (SWI), developed by Canadian meteorologist Wade Szilagyi, is used to predict conditions favorable for waterspout development. The SWI ranges from

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