Sentences with phrase «updrafts under»

Unlike other birds, most of which avoid clouds because of their turbulence, frigatebirds seem to seek them out to ride on the strong updrafts under cumulus clouds in the open ocean to gain altitude.

The birds ride on the strong updrafts under cumulus clouds in the open ocean to gain altitude.

Not exact matches

Since the sun is almost never directly over head the shadow of the cloud would cool another piece of ground (not under the main updraft) that used to be heated by the sun.

RR: In theory, if all our world's electrical energy needs (by 2050) were satisfied by 200 MW solar updraft towers, one atmospheric volume would pass under them every 15 years.

When the gust front gets under the updraft, it pulls up on the rotating air associated with the gust front, stretching it out, and causing it to spin faster... Both the source of rotation of the mesocyclone and the tornado ultimately come from environmental vertical shear, but a tornado can actually sometimes spin in the opposite direction.

They can run from several hundred meters to several km tall, and are powered by the updraft in / under the cumulus.