The updraft begins to interact with the jet stream way up in the sky causing the updraft to spin. The jet stream is a fast current of air located tens of thousands of feet above the ground. The ...

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, ...

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A correlation exists between a thunderstorm's updraft speeds and the size of hail it can produce. For example, non-severe hail up to nickel size will require updraft speeds less than 47 mph.

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 ...

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 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 ...

The paraglider, 55-year-old Peng Yujiang, was initially at an altitude of about 3,000 meters when a rare meteorological phenomenon called “cloud suck” — a strong upward air current ...