The term "hail" comes from the Old English word "hagol," meaning icy particles falling from the sky. It has been used to describe frozen precipitation for centuries in various languages.
Yes. In fact when this occurs the falling hail explodes into snow flakes near the surface. Similar to an asteroid breaking apart as it enters the atmosphere. Not all hail "explodes" therefore you get snow and hail mix. Another popular term for this meteorological phenomena is "Bursting snow." This is common in Northeast United States and Chile. Source: 1982 April, Metorology Quarterly.
Hail Hail the Celts Are Here was created in 1961.
In a typical thunderstorm, lightning occurs before hail. Lightning is the result of electrical charges building up in the storm cloud, while hail forms when water droplets freeze and are carried by strong updrafts within the cloud. So, lightning usually precedes hail in the sequence of events during a thunderstorm.
Hail is frozen precipitation that forms in thunderstorms, while snow forms in colder clouds. Hail and snow are not the same; hail typically forms in warmer conditions than snow. Once hail falls to the ground, it remains as hail and does not turn into snow.
Yes. Hail is ice.
No, hail is freezing rain.
It can. Hail often does come before a tornado, but most storms that produce hail do not produce tornadoes.
Another way to say "come from" is to use "hail from", as in "I hail from Columbus, Ohio." This definition of hail is a verb meaning "native of".
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They can come from anywhere, but normally the term is applied either to people from other countries, or creatures from other planets (the latter type being as yet entirely fictional).
No, if there is a tornado or hail near a window is one of the least safe places to be.
Latin, it means 'Hail Mary'.
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