no
Yes. Although it is relatively rare, Maine can get hail.
It forms as hail. Hail actually starts out in the upper portion of a thunderstorm a graupel, a form of ice pellet somewhat between sleet and snow. The pellets collect layer after layer of ice until the fall out of the thunderstorm.
Snowflakes are lighter than the more frozen denser hail.
it falls because of the gravity pulling it down it is just like saying every piece of hail is a human they would just fall down because of the gravity!
Depending upon the specific desert and season of the year, a desert may receive rain, sleet, hail, graupel or snow.
no
sometimes it isn't cold enough for the hail to fall in it's ice form.
Depending upon the particular desert and season of the year precipitation can fall as rain, hail, sleet, snow or graupel.
winter
Yes.
The ice crystals that fall from the sky are called snow or snowflakes.
The heaviest hail on record (currently) is 132 grams.
Yes. Although it is relatively rare, Maine can get hail.
Summer
No, hail doesn't fall in tornadoes, but it often falls near them.
It forms as hail. Hail actually starts out in the upper portion of a thunderstorm a graupel, a form of ice pellet somewhat between sleet and snow. The pellets collect layer after layer of ice until the fall out of the thunderstorm.