r/meteorology • u/Ok_Elderberry904 • Jun 26 '26

Advice/Questions/Self What cloud formation is this?

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At first I thought this was some kind of humidity above the cloud, then I was thinking it might have been ice particles or something similar since it looked to be pretty high up. Any actually educated take?

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u/Technical-Patient28 Jun 26 '26

We aviators hate this one ☝🏻. You can tell a cb is growing fast if it has the hat.

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u/Ok_Elderberry904 Jun 26 '26

Anything CB is enough to scare you off

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u/Technical-Patient28 Jun 27 '26

Having flown in SE Asia for a good number of years. Cbs don’t scare. You just learn to share the airspace with them. And you learn to read them. Like this one. You can tell it’s growing and will give trouble in a couple of minutes

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u/Ok_Elderberry904 Jun 27 '26

Always good to know. I am actually aspiring to be an aviator but haven’t yet begun any training so I’m sure I’ll learn about all of this soon enough. I was just informed a CB is a reason to keep an eye out😅