- Meteorological phenomenon was spotted in Sticklepath in Dartmoor, Devon
- Hay was lifted up to 200ft in the air after the mini tornado hit field on Saturday
- Dust devils happen when patch of hot air rises quickly through cooler air
Britain actually having a summer this year is somewhat of a rarity, but the hot weather has brought on another natural phenomenon – a dust devil.
Vicky Chastey filmed the rare whirlwind as she was hay baling with her husband and children in Devon.
Hay was lifted up to 200ft in the air when the field was hit by a mini tornado, leaving her kids shouting ‘wow, what is that?’.
Vicky Chastey filmed this dust devil in a field at Sticklepath in Dartmoor, Devon, on Saturday afternoon
The unusual meteorological phenomenon lifted hay up to 200ft in the air. Dust devils happen when a pocket of hot air rises quickly through a patch of cooler air, forming an updraft
The unusual meteorological phenomenon was spotted in a field at Sticklepath in Dartmoor on Saturday afternoon.
Mrs Chastey said: ‘The hay lifted at least 150-200ft in the air and carried off towards Belstone from Sticklepath.
‘We have seen little ones before but nothing as impressive as this.’
The BBC weather centre confirmed it as a dust devil, which happen when a pocket of hot air rises quickly through a patch of cooler air, forming an updraft.
Dust devils look like tornadoes but are usually harmless, but can on rare occasions grow large enough to pose a threat.
As quickly as it came, the dust devil soon disappeared again. Mrs Chastey said: ‘We have seen little ones before but nothing as impressive as this’
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