- How to identify a true funnel cloud: updraft tag, not funnel
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- How to identify a true funnel cloud. A cone shaped cloud lowering appears under the inflow base of a shower cell. Although it has the right general shape, it is not a funnel cloud because its sides are ragged and do not appear uniform or laminar. The lowering is the site of a strong new updraft which has drawn in and condensed some moist air from the nearby rain.
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