| There was no one to overhear them save a speckled chicken hawk circling lazily on the updraft from the mountain. |
| After noting a distinct updraft and some rather severe hail, I was almost certain we were about to be hit by a tornado. |
| The large hawks, called Buteos, often drift overhead without flapping their wings while they ride an updraft of warm air, known as a thermal. |
| A strong updraft allows hailstones to grow large enough to reach the ground. |
| Normally, the air that's moving down, called a downdraft, shares the thunderstorm with the updraft. |
| A solitary chicken hawk circled so slowly on a high updraft of air that he looked to be hanging motionless, a small brown kite. |
