- meteorology, an
updraft (British English: up-draught) is a small-scale
current of
rising air,
often within a cloud.
Vertical drafts,
known as
updrafts or downdrafts...
- The
solar updraft tower (SUT) is a
design concept for a renewable-energy
power plant for
generating electricity from low
temperature solar heat. Sunshine...
- An
updraft carburetor is a type of
carburetor in
which the air
flows upward within the device.
Other types are
downdraft and sidedraft. An
updraft carburetor...
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characterized by the
presence of a mesocyclone, a deep,
persistently rotating updraft. Due to this,
these storms are
sometimes referred to as
rotating thunderstorms...
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lighter objects—especially
paper goods—can be
absorbed by the storm's
updraft and
moved into its forward-flank
downdraft where they can be transported...
- A
tilted updraft (also
known as a
tilted storm) is a
thunderstorm which is not
vertically erect. This
happens as a
result of
unidirectional wind shear...
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downdrafts and
updrafts (i.e.,
where its ****ociated
precipitation is not
falling through the
updraft) with a strong,
rotating updraft (a "mesocyclone")...
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strong the
updraft is:
weaker hailstorms produce smaller hailstones than
stronger hailstorms (such as supercells), as the more
powerful updrafts in a stronger...
- supercell. They
typically look to its rear, the main
region of
updraft and inflow.
Under that
updraft is a rain-free base, and the next step of tornadogenesis...
- thunderstorms. This
process occurs when
updrafts in the
storm intensify,
leading to an ac****ulation of
precipitation at the
updraft summit. As this
rainwater spills...