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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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A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

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

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

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...