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Multiple rounds of supercells — large thunderstorms with deep and persistent rotating updrafts that look like tall storm clouds with anvils or elongated clouds at the top — will be possible in some areas where the strongest storms develop.
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2024
The most likely sources of the spooky-looking webbing are baby spiders who use updraft winds to disperse themselves after hatching, according to scientists.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
Climate change can also fuel strong updrafts, says Victor Gensini, who researches severe convective storms and climate change at Northern Illinois University.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2023
The idea is that this rotating air could then be turned upright when it gets sucked into an updraft.
—Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
With very warm sea surface waters shifting from the west toward the central and eastern Pacific, the updrafts of air and associated rainstorms shift along with it.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
Vultures may find fresh thermal columns by watching cloud patterns, revisiting reliable updraft hot spots and, above all, by spying on other birds, tuning in to a kind of aerial Waze.
—Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
When thunderstorms blossom, their updrafts can vertically entrain and stretch any nascent low-level swirl, helping to establish a more cohesive center of circulation.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
Supercells are characterized by a mile-wide rotating updraft called a mesocyclone that can last for hours.
—Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2024
The most likely sources of the spooky-looking webbing are baby spiders who use updraft winds to disperse themselves after hatching, according to scientists.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
Climate change can also fuel strong updrafts, says Victor Gensini, who researches severe convective storms and climate change at Northern Illinois University.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2023
The idea is that this rotating air could then be turned upright when it gets sucked into an updraft.
—Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
With very warm sea surface waters shifting from the west toward the central and eastern Pacific, the updrafts of air and associated rainstorms shift along with it.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
Vultures may find fresh thermal columns by watching cloud patterns, revisiting reliable updraft hot spots and, above all, by spying on other birds, tuning in to a kind of aerial Waze.
—Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
When thunderstorms blossom, their updrafts can vertically entrain and stretch any nascent low-level swirl, helping to establish a more cohesive center of circulation.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
Supercells are characterized by a mile-wide rotating updraft called a mesocyclone that can last for hours.
—Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
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updraft
noun
up·draft
ˈəp-ˌdraft 
-ˌdrȧft
: an upward movement of gas (as air)
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