updraft

[ uhp-draft, -drahft ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

updraft

/ ŭp′drăft′ /

An upward current of warm, moist air. With enough moisture, the current may visibly condense into a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud.
Compare downdraft

Origin of updraft¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; up-, draft

Joe had found a strong updraft where a wind ran up the side of a mountain.

They got the wind against their nose and started a humming dive, feeling in the alien updraft for the obstruction which caused it.

I could stand to have another hit ready when Updraft petered out.

Parodisiac was much too good to hold for the closing of Updraft.

Hail appears to be formed in the violent updraft of air at the front of a thunderstorm.

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