Updraft: A relatively small-scale current of air with marked upward motion. The term is frequently used in describing rising air currents associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus (thunderhead) clouds.

Thunderstorms need an updraft, a powerful upward air current that moves water droplets above a freezing layer. The droplets remain in liquid form at temperatures below freezing.

An updraft is an upward current of air, flowing from the ground up into the storm cloud. Updrafts can be in excess of 100 mph! The stronger the updraft, ...

Peng Yujiang, 55, was testing new equipment at 3,000m above sea level, over the Qilian mountains, when a rare updraft or air current known as a "cloud suck" pulled him about 5,000m higher into a ...

As the updraft gets stronger, it creates a low pressure region at the cloud base, drawing in even more hot air from below. This results in a positive feedback loop that can cause wind speeds of ...

Those clouds continue to grow as long as the updraft has easy access to unstable air. CHECK IT OUT: How an explosive thunderstorm can burst into the stratosphere. Eventually, ...

A paraglider in China has survived an unexpected climb to 28,208 feet in the air without oxygen after being caught in a powerful updraft, according to an account told to Chinese Central Television ...

A Chinese paraglider has claimed to have survived being accidentally propelled 8,500m (27,800ft) into the sky above north-west China, state media report.

Peng Yujiang, 55, says he was testing new equipment at 3,000m above sea level, over the Qilian mountains, when a rare updraft or air current known as a "cloud suck" pulled him about 5,000m higher ...