Dust devil spins across parking lot during heatwave
"I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore."
By Faye Mayern
This is the moment a dust devil was seen spinning across a car park amidst one of the UK's heatwaves.
The footage was captured at The Vine Farm Shop & Cafe in Spalding, Lincs., on July 10 with the rare weather phenomenon revolving around cars.
The business said it was "not something you see every day," and their customers were quick to make comparisons with Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz.
One said: "I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore," while another added: "Like the Wizard of Oz and the yellow brick road."
The Met Office describes a dust devil as an upward spiralling vortex that can vary in height from a few feet to over 1,000 feet.
Dust devils grow upwards from the ground and are usually several metres in diameter at the base before narrowing above.
They mostly occur in desert areas where the ground is dry and high surface temperatures produce strong updraughts.
Unlike tornadoes, they spiral upwards from the ground rather than down from the clouds.
They traditionally last for only a few minutes before cool air is sucked into the base of the vortex, cooling the ground and cutting off its heat supply.
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