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This weekend's wet weather has conjured up a dramatic skyline, with one motorist capturing what looked like a 'tornado' over Worthing.

Karen Taylor was driving into town on Saturday (October 3) when she spotted the swirling cloud mass in the distance and pulled over to take some pictures.

Despite a spot of storm chasing to find the source, Karen said the 'beautiful' cloud formation faded away soon after.

Rather than a tornado, what these pictures show is a funnel cloud - a precursor to a tornado.

The funnel cloud above Worthing. Pic: Karen Taylor

The funnel shaped cloud is formed of condensed water droplets being tossed in a rotating column of wind from the base of a cloud, typically cumulonimbus clouds.

Funnel clouds differ to the more destructive tornadoes in that they do not reach the ground, but rather remain in the air.

A tornado is in contact with both the Earth and the cloud from whence it came.

Storm Alex: 'Tornado' pictured in skyline above Worthing