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© East Coast KayaksA screen shot from footage of the over water tornado reported off the Wicklow coast this morning.
An over water tornado has been reported off the coast of Bray,Co Wicklow, this morning.

The weather phenomena, also known as a seaspout, occurs over a body of water and is connected to a cumuliform cloud formation.

They do not suck up water and the funnel cloud is water droplets formed by condensation.

Seaspout are often associated with active weather fronts and can appear at during thunder, lightening or strong winds.

Met Éireann said while it had no record of a tornado, the right conditions existed for one.