This study investigates hydrometeor fall speeds using a dual-frequency profiling radar operating during the 2005&ndash;2006 monsoon season near Darwin, Australia. Our focus is on tropical deep convection where the observations provide a new perspective on hydrometeor fall speeds within and near intense drafts having mixed-phase media. The techniques we employ avoid undue assumptions on the air motion or media distributions, offering a convenient path to estimate bulk radar reflectivity(Z)-weighted hydrometeor fall speed Vt. While these mixed-phase media estimates are not specific to size or density, they may be replicated by models and are practical for radar-based retrievals that necessitate Vt assumptions.</p> <p>Tests performed under rain and snow conditions show comparable performance to disdrometer and other references. The standard deviation of residuals for rain and snow relationships are &cong; 1 ms^-1 and &cong; 0.4 ms^-1, respectively. In convective core regions aloft, Darwin observations align with existing graupel Vt-Z treatments, however mixed-phase media typically falls faster (&gt; 1&ndash;2 ms^-1) for Z &lt; 35 dBZ than prior relationships. Breakdowns suggest that Active and Break monsoon conditions favor a similar Vt-Z behavior in strong cores. However, Break conditions &ndash; those more favorable to intense daytime tropical convection &ndash; potentially indicate the presence of additional lofted liquid or melting media mixed in volumes at convective core peripheries Z &lt; 35 dBZ. Break events also show higher variability in Vt-Z pairs, with select samples having Vt faster than rain for a given Z that argues for partially-melted graupel coupled with size-sorting.