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noun. uk / heɪl / us / heɪl / Add to word list. C2 [ U ] small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain. Luis Diaz Devesa/Moment/GettyImages. a hail of something. a lot of similar things or remarks, thrown or shouted at someone at the same time: a hail of bullets. See more. Fewer examples.
Hail is a type of frozen precipitation that forms during thunderstorms, typically in the spring and summer months in the U.S. Strong updrafts, which is the upward flow of air in a thunderstorm, carry up very small particles called ice nuclei that water freezes onto when it passes the freezing level in the atmosphere.
May 12, 2020 · 1. Hail is a form of precipitation — like rain or snow — that is made up of solid ice. (Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images) 2. It is not the same thing as frozen rain. Frozen rain falls as water but...
Oct 19, 2023 · Hail is associated with high, vertical cumulonimbus clouds, the kind of clouds that produce severe thunderstorms. Within a cumulonimbus cloud, ice particles develop from supercooled water. The particles fall toward the bottom of the cloud from the pull of gravity, but they are forced back up by powerful updrafts of air within the clouds.
Feb 4, 2024 · Hail is a type of solid precipitation associated with thunderstorms that consists of irregular lumps or rounded balls of ice. This article explores the definition of hail, its formation process, the factors influencing its development, its varying sizes, and how it differs from other forms of precipitation like graupel, sleet, and snow.
Sep 5, 2022 · How big was the “hail swath” — the area of the storm that dropped hail? How big was the biggest hailstone? Most reports of record hail are made by civilians, but the accuracy is often lacking.
Apr 20, 2024 · Apr. 16, 2024, 4:11 AM ET (CBS) Hail, damaging winds likely with Monday night storms. Show More. Witness crop destruction by hail and examine a hailstone's interior under polarized light. Hailstorm sequence, crop damage, and how hail is collected and studied. See all videos for this article.
