HAILSTORM
Hailstorm is any thunder storm which produces hail that reaches the ground. Hail is composed of transparent and translucent, which are deposited upon the hailstone as it travels through the cloud, suspended aloft by air with strong upward motion until its weight overcomes the updraft and falls to the ground. Hailstones can be very large or very small, depending on how strong the updraft is weaker hailstorms produce smaller hailstones than stronger hailstorms. Hail begins as water droplets. Droplets rise and the temperature goes below freezing. They become super cooled water and will freeze on contact with condensation nuclei. The hailstone’s speed depends on its position in the cloud’s updraft and it mass. This determines the varying thicknesses of the layers of the hailstone. This means that generally the larger hailstones will form some distance from the stronger updraft where they can pass more time growing. This may take at least 30 minutes based on th