As the air beneath a funnel cloud is drawn into its core, the air cools rapidly and its moisture condenses, and the funnel cloud ascends away from the surface.

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As the air beneath a funnel cloud is drawn into its core, it actually warms due to adiabatic compression, not cools. The visible funnel cloud is formed as the air's moisture condenses due to the lower pressure at higher altitudes, not because of rapid cooling. The funnel cloud descends towards the surface, not ascends away from it, as it potentially becomes a tornado.

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