Hail

Hail

Water that falls to the Earth as small, rough balls of ice and hard snow. Hail usually falls during thunderstorms.

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hail

Weather; Rain & snow

Water that falls to the Earth as small, rough balls of ice and hard snow. Hail usually falls during thunderstorms.

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Environment; Environmental conservation

A form of precipitation which forms into balls or lumps of ice over 0. 2 inch in diameter. Hail is formed by alternate freezing and melting as precipitation is carried up and ...

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Geography; Physical geography

Balls of ice a few millimeters in diameter which fall as precipitation. The balls form when water in clouds is lifted high enough to freeze. The droplets may fall a little and ...

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Weather; Meteorology

Precipitation in the form of balls or irregular lumps of ice, always produced by convective clouds, nearly always cumulonimbus. An individual unit of hail is called a hailstone. ...

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Science; General science

Precipitation composed of lumps of ice formed in strong updrafts in cumulonimbus clouds. Individual lumps are called hailstones. Most hailstones are spherical or oblong, some are ...

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