Definition of updraft

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updraft

The term 'updraft' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' A small-scale current of rising air. If the air is sufficiently moist, then the moisture condenses to become a cumulus cloud or an individual tower of a towering cumulus or Cb'.

The term 'updraft' as it applies to the area of Earth observation can be defined as ' A relatively small-scale current of air with marked upward vertical motion'.


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