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What is caused by heavy snowfall combined with strong updrafts and downdrafts?
whiteout
What disaster is a combo of downdrafts and updrafts?
Tornado
When the movements of air are vertical either updrafts or downdrafts they are called?
IT is called CONVECTION
A circular pattern of updrafts downdrafts and winds is a?
convection cell
The stage in a thunderstorm's development in which the updrafts roughly equal the downdrafts is the?
mature stage
Why are there often updrafts and downdrafts in supercells?
All thunderstorms contain updrafts and downdrafts, and in fact no thunderstorm could exist without updrafts. A thunderstorm forms when it a mass moist of air is lifted to a point where it is warmer than its surroundings and so rises on its own. This is the updraft and is the storm's source of power. As a storm matures, rain cools the air within it, causing it to sink and form downdrafts.
Is it true that hurricanes are classified by three stages in which updrafts of air billow up updrafts and downdrafts swirl the wind up and down then downdrafts cause clouds to come apart?
No. These stages define the life cycle of a thunderstorm, not a hurricane.
Planes often encounter churning updrafts and downdrafts when they pass through storm clouds?
True.
How can updrafts and downdrafts exist in the same thundercloud?
the updraft wind goes up and the down draft wind goes down
What are two characteristics of a thunderstorm that lead to hail formation?
First water droplets exist in the liquid state in the parts cumulonimbus cloud.second is strong updrafts and downdrafts exist side by side with in a cloud
What is a circular pattern of updraft downdraft and winds called?
convection cell
What is the difference between an updraft and a downdraft?
Updrafts are systems of hot air, which rise. Birds and expert hot-air ballooners use them. Downdrafts are systems of cold air that tend to fall and bring things flying in it with them.
