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Large hail forms when strong updrafts in thunderstorms lift water droplets high into freezing layers of the atmosphere, allowing ice to accumulate in concentric layers before falling to the ground, according to AccuWeather.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Wrapped around the bright spot of the updraft, darker patches shown in Juno's data mark where downdrafts carried a slushy mix of ammonia and water back down to the Jovian depths.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Thunderstorms are fueled by an updraft of warm, rising air.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
These mixtures continue to bob up and down in the atmosphere, growing in size until (at about the size of a softball) their mass overcomes the updrafts completely.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Wrapped around the bright spot of the updraft, darker patches shown in Juno's data mark where downdrafts carried a slushy mix of ammonia and water back down to the Jovian depths.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Thunderstorms are fueled by an updraft of warm, rising air.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
These mixtures continue to bob up and down in the atmosphere, growing in size until (at about the size of a softball) their mass overcomes the updrafts completely.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Updraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/updraft. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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updraft
noun
up·draft
ˈəp-ˌdraft 
-ˌdrȧft
: an upward movement of gas (as air)
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