- 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...
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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...
- 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...
- 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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tendency for
rotation is what the
updraft reorients,
rather than a
literal tube or
vortex of
rotating air. When an
updraft forms in this environment, the...
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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...
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features include:
Updraft tilt - The
tilted updraft (vertical orientation) of the main
updraft is an
indication of the
strength of the
updraft, with nearly...
- thunderstorm. It
appears as
several anvils clustered together. A cell is an
updraft/downdraft couplet.
These different cells will
dissipate as new
cells form...
