Graham Thirkill Loc: Idylic North Yorkshire, England UK.

Hail is a type of strong precipitation. It is particular from ice pellets, however the two are frequently confounded. It comprises of balls or sporadic pieces of ice, every one of which is known as a hailstone. Ice pellets fall for the most part in chilly climate while hail development is enormously repressed amid icy surface temperatures. Not at all like different types of water ice, for example, graupel, which is made of rime, and ice pellets, which are littler and translucent, hailstones as a rule measure between 5 millimeters and 15 centimeters in distance across. The METAR detailing code for hail 5 mm or more prominent is GR, while littler hailstones and graupel are coded GS. Here are Top 10 Most Shocking Hail storms Ever Recorded On Camera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BhgpXdt6FQ

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Cheers and Beers
Graham
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gleneric Loc: Calgary, Alberta

Nasty stuff that. We have had several bad hail storms here, typically in the heat of summer ... not fun sitting in your house feeling helpless while it trashes your shingles, siding, etc. Record levels of insurance claims, and booming business for roofing and siding companies though :)

I also got caught in a bad storm while driving. When first hailstone hit my first thought was some kids were throwing snowballs as it just splatted on the windshield ... then a split second later, after my brain recalled that it was mid summer, the sky opened up and it just pummeled the poor car. I pulled over under the canopy of a huge tree (no overpasses in the area to duck under), hoping it might limit the damage (there was no lightning, otherwise tree = bad idea for cover!) and also because there was so much hail and rain coming down it was hard to see ahead. The hail shredded the leaves and small branches, so I got covered in that stuff, and the hail still had enough "oomph" (sorry, kinetic energy?) to do major damage to the car. When it was over I could not even drive away without backing up and getting a bit of a run at the pile of hailstones that had built up on the road right in front of the car.

hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

Many years ago, on a car trip to Indiana and Ohio, we were in the Texas panhandle when one of these happened. Fortunately, my Dad pulled under a filling station canopy. There was no damage to his car. Was very loud under that steel canopy.