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Why does the size of hail vary?

Updated: 9/25/2023
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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 are the size of hail stones?

the can be pea size up to computer CD


What does somebody mean when they say hail like golf balls?

It is hail that is approximately the same size as a golf ball.


Is it possible for hail to be the size of a football?

Well it could the biggest one was the size of a softball


What are the factors govern the ultimate size of hailstorms?

how does hail form ? what factors govern the ultimate size of heilstorm


What kind of cloud does hail form from?

Cumulonimbus clouds.


Is hail big in the cloud and becomes smaller as it falls?

through out all the information on hail I have read, it comes to my idea that the size does not change once the hail has been formed. in the related links box below, I posted the wikipeida hail article.the biggest hail recorded in history was a 7 pounder. there is a picture of it in the article.


What are some effects tornadoes have on the weather?

tornadoes can cause bad and vary destructive hail , heavy rain


WHERE is hail from?

Hail is frozen balls of ice that form when a drop of water falls from a cloud. It then freezes if the temperature is cold enough in the sky,then falls to the ground as a frozen lump. Hail has been known to be the size of a golf ball!!


What instrument measures hail?

Disdrometer is used to measure hail occurrence and size if that is what you mean by measure


What means hail?

Ice balls that fall from cumulonimbus clouds. They vary in size from roughly marbles to softballs and are frozen hard as rocks. Ice balls that fall from cumulonimbus clouds that are smaller than marbles are called sleet and sometimes can be slushy.


Difference between blizzard and hail storms?

A blizzard is a storm with snow, A Hail storm is a storm with (wait for it) Yes hail i.e frozen rain. a blizzard is way stronger a blizzard once hit me it was really strong half of our roof came off and hail, hail can get up to to the size of your hand blizzard chunks are as big as your head