Tiny Hail in Florence. But what in the world was this precipitation type? The ice pellets were very small. In some locations almost 1/2 inch of it coated the roads and cars.

Sleet will start off as a snowflake, just like graupel, but it hits a warmer layer in the atmosphere, making it melt again. Just before it hits the ground, it refreezes, making little ice pellets ...

Hail is formed when strong updrafts in thunderstorms carry raindrops upward into freezing parts of the atmosphere, causing them to freeze into ice pellets.

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A spring storm moved across the Bay Area Saturday, bringing rain, thunder, hail to the region and snow to Northern California. Thunderstorms and hail were reported around the region Saturday ...

D uring inclement weather, you may see some ice pellets falling from the sky and wonder whether you’re seeing sleet or hail. There’s a huge difference in how those two ice types develop. So ...

Hail is typically small, often the size of a penny, but can grow to monstrous sizes. The heaviest hailstone ever recorded was 2.25 pounds in Gopalganj district, Bangladesh, in 1986. Featured Weekly Ad ...

These ice pellets are then carried by the wind, where they can grow in size as they collide with other ice pellets and absorb more moisture. Eventually, the hailstones become too heavy to be carried ...

The local National Weather Service office recorded a "trace" of snow pellets, or graupel, in Milwaukee on Oct. 12 and 15. ... It was a mixture of hail and graupel ― two kinds of small, ...

DALLAS — Hailstorms are powerful and often destructive when witnessed in North Texas. Hail is formed when strong updrafts in thunderstorms carry raindrops upward into freezing parts of the ...