Originally Posted by
airman1900
From the U.S. Federal Meteorological Handbook Number 1 - Surface Weather Observations and Reports:
FMH-1
Again: They do that in Russia with any shower cloud. In the night, nobody sees if it was a CB cloud. The cloud top temperature of -26 degrees at the time of the event means that the cloud never reached heights where you would expect to see a well developed CB. It just doesn't make sense and I can't follow the agenda to create a weather drama out of a situation which is mastered by pilots many times every day.