- This updraft tail is a false funnel cloud
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- Updraft tail, false funnel cloud: this view from the back is opposite to the example in W914717Z, and shows a tapered cloud extending down from a storm base. When a strong updraft is stretched back (upwind) by outflow from within a storm, it can shrink to a thin funnel shape. This “tail” may spin or become a real funnel cloud briefly, but in most cases is only a convincing imitation.
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