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Check out this awesome viewer video of a waterspout spinning off the coast of Boynton Beach -- sent to us by Melanie Calise on our WPBF 25 News Facebook page!

The funnel clouds over water tend to occur due to friction over the water and usually happen with very light winds, like those in play this morning.

They spin up typically from cumulonimbus clouds. They are small, rotating columns of air over water.