Hail. What is hail? Hail is a ball or irregular clump of ice Hail is different from winter precipitation! –Not sleet (raindrops that have frozen) –Not.

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Hail

What is hail? Hail is a ball or irregular clump of ice Hail is different from winter precipitation! –Not sleet (raindrops that have frozen) –Not freezing rain –Not snow –Not graupel Hail forms only in convective processes –Hail cannot exist without a thunderstorm Hailstones range in size from that of a pea to that of a grapefruit (more precisely ≥ 5 mm)

Oh, Hail!

World Record Hailstone Aurora, Nebraska 22 June 2003

An Aurora resident with a handful of hail

The old record holder (but still the heaviest!) Coffeyville, KansasSeptember 3, 1970

My biggest hail stone © C. Godfrey29 May 2003

U.S. Hail Climatology # Days per year with hail ≥ 0.75 inches in diameter # Days per year with hail ≥ 2.0 inches in diameter Hail causes nearly $1 billion in damage to crops and property annually

Hail Formation Above ~-15°C within a cumulonimbus cloud, supercooled droplets freeze on contact with ice nuclei (the frozen equivalent of condensation nuclei) At the surface, the equivalent process produces rime ice For rime ice accretion, the feathers of the crystals point in the direction of the wind (i.e., where the wind is coming from) Derek Brown

Rime Ice

Hail Formation Supercooled drops collide with and coalescence onto a frozen particle, forming a hail embryo Hail embryos in the strongest part of the updraft are carried upward to the anvil Embryos on the edges of the updraft fall back into supercooled water and grow to form graupel (diameter ~1-5 mm).

Hail Formation Some graupel particles grow into hail Largest hail forms when a graupel particle grows within the turbulent updraft in a rich environment of supercooled water Largest hail falls nearest to the main updraft Hail eventually falls out of the thunderstorm because the updraft can no longer sustain the weight of the hailstone

Hail Formation Wet Growth –So many supercooled drops freeze onto the hailstone that the resulting latent heat release raises the surface temperature so that the water briefly remains unfrozen –Liquid water fills the porous regions, removing air bubbles Dry Growth –Supercooled water freezes on contact and leaves air bubbles (like rime ice)

Wet vs. Dry Growth Hail Embryo Wet Growth Dry Growth

Hail Growth in a Supercell

Forecasting Hail 1)Strong updrafts –measured by convective available potential energy (CAPE) 2)Low freezing levels (or high terrain) 3)Thunderstorm with large liquid water content 4)Most hail occurs during late afternoon (when severe thunderstorms are lurking about)

Some commonly used hail sizes Pea.25 inch Half-inch.50 inch Dime.75 inch Nickel.88 inch Quarter1.00 inch Half Dollar1.25 inch Ping Pong Ball1.50 inch Golf Ball1.75 inch Hen Egg2.00 inch Tennis Ball2.50 inch Baseball2.75 inch Tea Cup3.00 inch Grapefruit4.00 inch Softball4.50 inch These sizes refer to the diameter of the hailstone. When reporting hail to the National Weather Service, they prefer actual measurements over these estimates.