Hail is considered to be severe when the hailstones are an inch in diameter or the size of a quarter. Usually, the largest ...

Conditions with thunderstorms are constantly changing, which causes the hailstone to go through periods of wet and dry growth, creating the layered appearance seen when hailstones are cut open. This ...

In recent years, the frequency and intensity of hailstorms have noticeably increased, with many of these storms producing hailstones the size of baseballs. This phenomenon ... Read more The post Why ...

Severe weather awareness week continues with a focus on hail. Let's start with hail formation: frozen water lifted up by ...

Meteorologist Ava Marie informs on different sizes of hail -- nearly all of which are dangerous. It's important to know what ...

Since this process is relatively slow (slower than the dry growth process) it results in a layer of clear ice ... The largest officially recognized hailstone on record to have been "captured ...

Scientists have been fascinated by hailstone formation for decades, specifically how these icy spheres develop inside storm clouds. Hail occurs when raindrops are swept into the upper, colder ...

It is Severe Storms Awareness Week in Maryland! This week is designed to make you aware of the severe weather threats that ...

NARRATION: It takes very special conditions to create a hailstone. You need summer thermals ... where they collect more water, with new layers freezing on in a separate shell.

Researchers from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland have conducted a series of tests to assess the impact of ice balls on solar modules with the aim of improving ...