The Bureau of Meteorology verified the clouds on their cameras on Tuesday morning. They were also spotted by passengers at Launceston Airport.

The clouds occured when winds changed direction significantly below cloud level. The winds do not have to be strong for the clouds to occur.

As the clouds last a short amount of time, the bureau said they were usually hard to spot.

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The area’s weather on Tuesday was expected to be a mild and cloudy 21-degrees with a high chance of rain and light winds.

Many tornadoes begin as funnel clouds, however most clouds do not make contact with the ground and therefore do not become tornadoes.

According to the bureau’s Storm Spotters Handbook the clouds are deceiving, and the only way to check they were not a threat was looking at surrounding clouds for clear signs of rotation.

While Northern Tasmania is dealing with funnel clouds, extreme weather is taking place on the mainland.

In Queensland, a heatwave is fuelling bushfires, where NSW is expected to experience two-months worth of rain in one day.