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A spiral updraught is a thermal (rising column of warm air) in which a bird, hand-glider or glider will circle (spiral) round in to take full advantage of the rising warm air.

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What happens when you hold a spiral paper over a lit candle?

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How do you use updraft in sentence?

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Is a rotating updraft or supercell required for all thunderstorms to form?

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Do thunderstorms typically dissipate because the updraft overpowers the downdraft?

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Why does a severe thunderstorm have a tilted updraft in the mature stage?

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A sentence using the word updraft?

She rose on a warm updraft and flitted the short distance to the lake.


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Is an updraft an upward moving current of cold air?

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