"The stronger the thunderstorm, the larger the hail can get," says Belles. ![]() “Hail forms as robust thunderstorms grow taller and taller, lofting moisture up into the atmosphere where it freezes,” explains Jonathan Belles, digital meteorologist at .Ĥ. Hailstones are formed when rain droplets are carried upwards by a current of air, called an updraft, during thunderstorms. Hail falls as a solid, known as hailstone.ģ. ![]() It is not the same thing as frozen rain.įrozen rain falls as water but freezes as it gets near the ground.
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