How is a forward-flank downdraft produced?
What will be the ideal response?
ANSWER: As warm, humid air is drawn into the supercell, it spins counterclockwise as it rises. Near the top of the storm, strong winds push the rising air to the northeast. Heavy precipitation falling northeast of the updraft mixes with drier air. Evaporative cooling chills the air. The heavy rain-chilled air then descends as a strong downdraft called the forward-flank downdraft.?
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