The ice crystals that fall from the sky are called snow or snowflakes.
The most hail ever to fall was in Kansas USA. The hail was 46cm deep.
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.
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rain: the clouds collect eough water from the ocean to the clouds and the clouds get too heavy and have to fall down. hail: the water from the clouds get frozen and turn into snow
Absolutely ! Hail is formed in thunderstorms - which can develop anywhere on the planet.
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fall and winter
sometimes it isn't cold enough for the hail to fall in it's ice form.
The ice crystals that fall from the sky are called snow or snowflakes.
Yes. Although it is relatively rare, Maine can get hail.
The heaviest hail on record (currently) is 132 grams.
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.
it is call hail
Hail.