thermostat,
They showed a segment on supercooled water and how it reacted when disturbed.
Do you really think they encountered supercooled water? Wouldn't ice crystals clogging the pitots be a more likely scenario? I think they finally saw what was ahead on the radar (somewhat late) and started to skirt around the worst of the CB. I am of the impression that CBs in the ITCZ are different than those over land in that the updrafts around the edges of the CBs are warmer (ocean warm water effect) and wouldn't produce supercooled water at the altitude they were cruising at. In fact, they couldn't climb because of the warmer temperature. Am I wrong here?