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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

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

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

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...