"The storm's updraft, with upwardly directed wind speeds as high as 180 kilometres per hour (110 mph),blow the forming hailstones up the cloud."
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well I have been a turboprop most of my life, but from flying over India I know close to the equator these babies can be nasty.... so one shouldnt discount possibility of an updraft..... and there by downdraft.... in a regenerating CB both can co exist. Any answers?