| A strong updraft allows hailstones to grow large enough to reach the ground. |
| The best view of a mesocyclone is normally from a location east of the updraft, looking west. |
| When I related to them how, on one jump, I was caught in a thermal updraft and was actually going up instead of down, they laughed in disbelief. |
| The rear part of the storm is where tornadoes are likely to spawn as the downdraft in the flanking line meets the rotating updraft. |
| Various different temperatures and wind interactions at different altitudes can cause a rotating updraft called a mesocyclone. |
| Normally, the air that's moving down, called a downdraft, shares the thunderstorm with the updraft. |
