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Originally Posted by SneakySnake
hail is made of ice. I think it depends on humidity and how high the moisture goes to get frozen at high altitudes. Yes it is still warm enough (just).  |
Yep! It needs the warm air closer to ground level to cause the winds to blow the ice back up to the upper, colder regions to take on another layer of moisture, freeze, begin to fall again, get blown back up again, etc., etc., until it's too heavy to get blown up, and finally falls back down as little round balls.
Winter times, we just get sleet instead of hail.
Stitchawl