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Hail.
Hail or sleet.
Ice pellets that form during a thunderstorm are called hail. Hailstones are formed when strong updrafts carry raindrops into a freezing level of the atmosphere, causing them to freeze and grow larger before falling to the ground.
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No. Sleet consists of small pellets of ice typically pea sized or smaller. Pea sized hail is common, but in some instances hail can be larger than softballs.
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The homonym for "hale" is "hail." "Hail" can refer to frozen rain that falls in pellets or an expression of greeting.
Icey pellets that have a layered structure are likely hail. Hail will usually have soft ice and hard ice layers when sliced open.
Ice pellets that form during a thunderstorm are called hail. Hailstones are formed when strong updrafts carry raindrops into a freezing level of the atmosphere, causing them to freeze and grow larger before falling to the ground.
No. Hail forms as layers of ice build up on ice pellets in the upper reaches of a thunderstorm.
Ice pellets are commonly referred to as sleet. Hail is similar, but is larger (5mm or more) and is formed from small pieces of ice. Ice pellets and Hail have different meteorological designations.
Hail is a form of precipitation consisting of balls or irregular lumps of ice. It is formed within thunderstorms, where updrafts carry water droplets to a height where they freeze and then fall to the ground. Hail can vary in size from small pellets to large stones, with larger hailstones typically forming in more intense thunderstorms.
sleet is rain & snow falling at the exact same time
no they are not sleet is precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by thefreezing of rain as it fallsand hail is to cheer, salute, or greet;
The word you are looking for is 'hail'
The denotative meaning of "hail" is frozen precipitation in the form of balls or pellets of ice that falls from clouds.