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Hail

Hail is a form of solid atmospheric precipitation. It is distinct from ice pellets (American English "sleet"), though the two are often confused. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone. Ice pellets generally fall in cold weather, while hail growth is greatly inhibited during low surface temperatures.

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Climatology

Size and terminal velocity

Hazards

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Suppression and prevention

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Hail

Nodes112
Edges111
Triples179
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017857
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Hail

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related to Climatology · 32
Hail → Alberta, Australia, Benelux, Central Europe, Cheyenne, China, Colorado, Croatia, Europe, Fall, France, Germany, Hail Alley, Hailstorm Alley, In, In North America, India, Italy, March, May
related to Further reading · 21
Hail → Butterworth-Heinemann, Cloud Physics, Duncan Scheff, Gareth Stevens Publishing, Gokhale, Hailstone Growth, Hailstorms, Ice, ISBN, Jim Mezzanotte, Massachusetts, Narayan, New York Press, Raintree Publishers, Rogers, Short Course, Snowden Dwight Flora, State University, Textbook Publishers, United States
related to Hail records · 16
Hail → April, Aurora, Bangladesh, Gopalganj District, Greatest, Heaviest, July, June, Kenya, Kericho, Largest, Megacryometeors, Nebraska, South Dakota, Vivian, World Meteorological Organization
related to Scientific study · 14
Hail → Beginning, Collection, Colorado, Great Plains, Hail In, ICECHIP, In-situ Collaborative Experiment, It, Plains, Rocky Mountains, Spring, The, United States, Wyoming's Front Range
related to Hazards · 12
Hail → Business, Canada's, Home Safety, IBHS, In, Insurance Institute, It, Metal, The, United States, Wheat, When
related to Size and terminal velocity · 12
Hail → French, GR, GS, In, METAR, Smaller-sized, The, The UK, TORRO, Using, When, Within METAR
related to Short-term detection · 10
Hail → However, Modern, Reflectivity, Research, Some, Summing, Traditionally, Vertically Integrated Liquid, VIL, Weather
has prevention · 9
Hail → But, Cloud, During, Europe, Middle Ages, Soviet Union, Updated, West, World War II
related to Layer nature of the hailstones · 8
Hail → As, Former, Like, New, Should, The, This, When
related to External links · 7
Hail → Archived, Billion-dollar Weather, Climate Disasters Archived, Factsheet, Hail Storm Research Tools, NOAA, Wayback Machine

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hailstone hailstones hailstorms thunderstorm also size weather diameter water within ice thunderstorms ground growth cm damage freezing radar known area

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Hailis aform of solid atmospheric precipitation0.90text
Hailis acommon nuisance to drivers of automobiles0.90text
meltinginstance ofthough complicating factors0.80text
friction with airinstance ofthough complicating factors0.80text
windinstance ofthough complicating factors0.80text
and interaction with raininstance ofthough complicating factors0.80text
other hailstones can slow their descent through Earth's atmosphereinstance ofthough complicating factors0.80text
higher elevationinstance ofThe growth rate of hailstones is impacted by factors0.80text
lower freezing zonesinstance ofThe growth rate of hailstones is impacted by factors0.80text
and wind shear.Layer nature of the hailstonesLike other precipitation in cumulonimbus cloudsinstance ofThe growth rate of hailstones is impacted by factors0.80text
hail begins as water dropletsinstance ofThe growth rate of hailstones is impacted by factors0.80text
hen's eggsinstance ofUsing objects0.80text

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