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Hail forms in the upper atmosphere where the temperatures may be quite different from the temperatures on the ground. In fact a very warm day can mean that warm and humid air may rise quickly into a mass of very cold air above causing a rapid freezing of the moisture which then falls to the ground a hail.
This is quite right.
I used to live in Texas and we often had hailstones hitting the car on a hot day.
In fact you can take out hailstone damage for your car insurance and there have been many claims on hot days!
Also, no the hailstones do not melt and turn back to liquid before hitting the ground (at least not always).
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoHail is usually a product of a severe storm, caused by a warm front, and a cold front... hail starts out high up in the atmosphere where the air is colder and freezes, where it then becomes heavy, and falls to the ground.
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∙ 11y agoHail is not a cold weather phenomenon and is actually more common in the spring ans summer than in the winter. To start off, no matter how warm it is at the ground, the upper part of the troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere where most weather occurs, is always very cold, well below freezing. Thunderstorms have upward moving air currents called updrafts that carry air upward. Stronger thunderstorms have stronger updrafts. These storms are powered by warm, moist air; the warmer and moister the better.
A thunderstorm with a strong updraft carried large amounts of moist air into the upper troposphere where temperatures are cold enough for water to freeze. Ice pellets form here and are held up by the updraft. They move around and tiny droplets freeze to them, causing them to grow. Eventually these hailstones get too heavy or move to a place where the updraft isn't as strong ad fall out of the storm. If they are big enough they will reach the ground before they have a chance to melt.
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∙ 9y agoHail is a type of precipitation in the form of ice pellets. Hail falls from the sky when it is heavy enough that it overcomes the strength of the updraft and gravity pulls it to the earth.
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∙ 13y agoYes, it can hail in both cold and hot weather, but it is more common to have hail in hot weather because rain is more common in hot weather (spring and summer).
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∙ 16y agoYes it can, and it has!
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What ice crystals that fall from the sky called?
The ice crystals that fall from the sky are called snow or snowflakes.
What do you call the small balls of ice that fall like rain from the sky?
It is called graupel.
What are the three types of precipitation and how does each one occur?
1. Hail is a type of precipitation, hail is a huge clump of ice that falls from the sky when strong winds blow up into a cloud then goes to the top of the cloud and begins to fall 2.sleet is another type of precipitation , sleet is like hail expect smaller and it forms when rain begins to fall and passes very cold layer in the sky and forms into sleet 3. snow is the third type of precipitation ,snow forms when rain forms and falls from the sky and hits a very cold layer in the sky and freezes into snow. 4.rain is the last type of type of precipitation , rain forms when snow falls at the top of a cloud and then stops at a very warm layer of the sky and melts then rain begins to fall
What is a pieces of ice falling from the sky called?
Pieces of ice falling from clouds is called snow or hail.
What is it called when ice rains out the sky?
Urm...hail
Ice crystals that fall from the sky are called?
Hail.
What is it called when ice crystals that fall from the sky?
Hail
What ice crystals that fall from the sky?
snow or hail
What is called the ice crystal that fall from the sky?
Hail
Does hail fall from the sky in Maine?
Yes. Although it is relatively rare, Maine can get hail.
What ice crystals that fall from the sky called?
The ice crystals that fall from the sky are called snow or snowflakes.
What are ice crystals that fall from the sky called?
'Sleet' or 'hail'.
What is correct about hail?
Hail is made up of frozen pellets of rain that is made in cumulonimbus clouds. Hail is frozen water crystals that fall from the sky. Hail can range in size from an eighth of an inch to the size of a grapefruit.
What do you call the small balls of ice that fall like rain from the sky?
It is called graupel.
Is hail noun?
Yes, the word 'hail' is both a verb and a noun.The noun 'hail' is a word for pieces of ice that fall from clouds like rain, a word for a thing.Example uses:As the hail fell, it tore the leaves from the trees. (noun)My mother can tell from the look of the sky when it will hail. (verb)
What falls out of the sky in the desert?
Depending upon the location of the desert, rain, hail, sleet or even snow may fall in the desert.
What is the word 'hail' when translated from English to Japanese?
Hail can have many meanings, such as "hailing" a taxi, "hail" that falls from the sky, "hail" as in "greet," etc. Though I'm not sure which context you're referring to, the hail that falls from the sky is 'arare.' "Hail" as in "Hail to the king!" is 'banzai.' "Hail" as in "greet" can be 'aisatsu suru.'
