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What is Hail?

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

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Glossary

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...