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Most tornadoes are created by a supercell—a strong thunderstorm with a rotating updraft of air.
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Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2025
However, strong wind shear can tilt the storm system, so that the downdraft occurs at a different location, and the updraft of warm moist air can continue, supplying the storm with moisture and energy.
—Shuang-Ye Wu, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025
Violent updrafts and mushy hail Juno and Hubble images from 2017 showed a powerful updraft near the heart of the storm, pumping ammonia from deep within Jupiter's atmosphere and rushing it upward to the peaks of the towering storm clouds.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Supercells are dangerous storms characterized by rotating updrafts that resemble tall storm clouds with anvils or elongated clouds at their tops.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
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Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2025
However, strong wind shear can tilt the storm system, so that the downdraft occurs at a different location, and the updraft of warm moist air can continue, supplying the storm with moisture and energy.
—Shuang-Ye Wu, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025
Violent updrafts and mushy hail Juno and Hubble images from 2017 showed a powerful updraft near the heart of the storm, pumping ammonia from deep within Jupiter's atmosphere and rushing it upward to the peaks of the towering storm clouds.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Supercells are dangerous storms characterized by rotating updrafts that resemble tall storm clouds with anvils or elongated clouds at their tops.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Updraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/updraft. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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updraft
noun
up·draft
ˈəp-ˌdraft 
-ˌdrȧft
: an upward movement of gas (as air)
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