Some North Okanagan residents were wide-eyed in awe as they looked out over Okanagan Lake Friday, Feb. 12.
What appeared to be a tornado formed over the lake, near Fintry Friday morning.
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Chubb saw the long funnel from the living room window of her Okanagan Centre home, looking across the lake.
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The weather phenomenon was also observed by Joanne Croom, who caught two on camera. But according to Croom, it is not a tornado, but evaporation fog on the lake.
Meteorologist Jaclyn Whittal with the Weather Network says they are in fact steam devils.
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