What Is Downdraft?
Air sinking inside or beneath a thunderstorm, usually cooled by rain and evaporation. In technical terms: A convective-scale region of descending air, driven by negative buoyancy from evaporation, melting and sublimation and by precipitation drag, and in supercells also by dynamic pressure perturbations.
Downdraft In Plain English
Air sinking inside or beneath a thunderstorm, usually cooled by rain and evaporation.
The Technical Definition
A convective-scale region of descending air, driven by negative buoyancy from evaporation, melting and sublimation and by precipitation drag, and in supercells also by dynamic pressure perturbations.
Lessons That Use Downdraft
- The Life Of A Thunderstorm Unit 7: Thunderstorms And Lightning
