What is hail? How is hail formed and why does it happen? | Weather Wise

Scott goes in-depth about one of the most dangerous things that can fall from the sky during severe storms...hail. What is it and why does it happen?
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[@pissfrog]

I feel really bad for people in heavy hail areas. The hailstones in my area are smaller than peas most of the time.

[@hinatajosh2872]

The only time anyone would look this up, is when hail is actually falling down.

[@SuperGGLOL]

That is me right now

[@stephensnell1379]

That's false a person can watch this video at any time

[@cherry8735]

Me 🙋‍♀️

[@lacramioaraelena2249]

It happened in our country too, and I'm telling you, that's why I searched for this

[@leahpateric5691]

I'm actually watching it for a school project, haven't had hail in months

[@rathven4917]

I found the series to be remarkably educative and engaging. It could be fascinating to see more about the severe weather representations, how they form and why they behave in specific ways; such as the supercell thunderstorms (rotating thunderstorms) and how tornadoes develop. Moreso about the way the whole tornadic system works, what makes one supercell more favourable to generate tornadoes than others. What are wind shears, updrafts, RFD, FFD, why does mammatus clouds form in such conditions and what are the flanking lines? Also, it would be great to familiarize with the radar features of a supercell, and all the sorts of supercells there can be.

[@CarSpotting4415]

2 nights ago we had a hail storm but those things were massive this big👌

[@supriyabharti7360]

nice explanation

[@shawnliptow5953]

I agree

[@sonykusumasmoro6811]

thank you for using cm and km for the explanation

[@Mark-Wilson]

ikr very good

[@budekins542]

NoOO. .he should use "miles" and "feet".

[@Shibe_X]

not me watching this during a hail storm

[@KittiesAGogo]

omg, dude. "as we all become a bit more weatherwise" is like, the coolest tag line. Also, I had no idea weather could be so interesting!

[@jaylabuenrostro624]

Wow that's awesome

[@onieli]

I experienced a hailstorm today shortly before I needed to leave on a trip to the doctor's office. it lasted about thirty seconds, and the hailstones were apout the width of nickels, pennies, and dimes, and there were even a few that were the size of golf balls. I will not forget that experience anytime soon

[@teardrop720]

Thank you for the explanation

[@Kimblesgarage]

very helpful and informative

[@bray_way]

Cool, a huge hail storm just hit North Chicago IL, but it only lasted like 5 minutes.

[@eileenjack5980]

Thanks for the explanation, am fully aware

[@stevehipkins2141]

I learned alot, ran into huge hail stones in Alberta 2 weeks ago

[@tanianaser4582]

THANKS I JUST LEARNED SOMETHING NEW UR SO SMART!

[@ThaliaPeebles-eu7gn]

It hurts!

[@calfee80]

so cool

[@Gunnumn]

This is going to sound dumb, but imagine being in the clous whole hail is forming, i would imagine it being a trippy experience.

[@shawnliptow5953]

ITS CRAZY HOW IT FORMS WOW

[@SB_Productions522]

Types of all hail: Hail 1 inch in diameter Quarter sized hail Golf ball sized hail Ping pong ball sized hail Baseball sized hail Pea sized hail Penny sized hail more.

[@typhlosionmaster6832]

When will the tornado video be uploaded?

[@FlahertyErin]

IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK

[@Anthonywb]

Just had a hail storm hit my house. First everything turned pinkish reddish color and then all sudden it started to hail. Ice was falling like crazy. Mostly size of marbles

[@ericphan5857]

Your explanation is very innovative and creative...great but not for air plane

[@nihniang8088]

My parents and me and family members and brothers always sees hail and every time there’s hail there is a LOT in my doorways

[@dannyloo9688]

Hard to imagine an up draft strong enough to blow the golf and tennis ball sized hail back up to grow larger.

[@stephensnell1379]

Well it's very possible

[@bobbylewisjr5250]

Thanks

[@capolihu]

what do they fire the clouds with to prevent hail? kind of silver ion?

[@cirrocumulus1948]

Silver Iodide

[@stephensnell1379]

@@cirrocumulus1948 don't be so daft

[@tanianaser4582]

yesterday hail came and there was a thunderstrorm

[@11211315]

Ironman's icing problem makes more sense now if he was in a storm cloud

[@14soccercrazed]

Maybe someone can explain this to me, but this video is suggesting that the smaller hailstones reach a much lower terminal velocity than larger hailstones. Everything falls at the exact same gravitational acceleration, the only difference in a terminal speed is the balance of forces. Gravity and drag. When drag equals gravity the hailstone will stop accelerating. The larger hailstones will certainly have a higher drag (due to larger volume) and thus SHOULD have a lower terminal velocity. Please correct me if I’m wrong

[@chlosies]

Mass is the answer to your question. The mass of the larger hailstone, makes it fall faster. The terminal velocity formula, v = the square root of ((2*m*g)/(ρ*A*C)). m = mass of the falling object g = the acceleration due to gravity. On Earth this is approximately 9.8 meters per second. ρ = the density of the fluid the object is falling through. A = the projected area of the object. This means the area of the object if you projected it onto a plane that was perpendicular to the direction the object is moving. C = the drag coefficient. This number depends on the shape of the object. The more streamlined the shape, the lower the coefficient. You can look up some approximate drag coefficients

[@tomhossain2099]

It’s due to gravitational potential energy, which involves mass.

[@chakaliedamma498]

I saw these stones in Odisha but that time I am small so.i thought ice cubes and ate it😜😅

[@heroknaderi]

Interesting

[@jigneshdevganiya]

Insurance companies disliked this video

[@budekins542]

Can you enable subtitles please on your videos?

[@Saurabhandsonu1994]

This video is an example of how educational videos should not be made.

[@stephensnell1379]

Don't be such an IDIOT

[@kiaradietze9836]

Watching 1 week after my car was damaged from a hail storm and more hail is predicted today

[@PabitraPadhy]

bloody hail

[@juantrejo2277]

Love it 😍 it’s money for me

[@makulthereels7535]

When can hail occur? Where? Pls reply ❤🙇🙇

[@stephensnell1379]

It can occur in Summer mostly but is rare in colder months it is most common in the warmer months

[@xxzoomfractalchannelxx8676]

niceeee!

[@babyraf4472]

What if there's hail but no thunder or lightening ?

[@stephensnell1379]

That's not possible All thunderstorms have to have thunder and lightning as the lightning actually causes the thunder by causing the air to very quickly expand and contract back together again(the faster the air slams together the louder the thunder will be)

[@stephensnell1379]

@john woodham no it's always hailstones that I notice You have to have lightning ⚡ to get thunder

[@marshallsweatherhiking1820]

Snow pellets seem to be better at producing negative charge in the cloud compared to hard hail. Because the charge regions are different ( less negative charge in the middle region ) there is more lightning high in the cloud but less frequent lightning hitting the ground, at least right where the hail is falling. You also don’t hear as much thunder because the hail makes a lot of noise. My own experience is that hail storms produce positive charged strikes, but they usually occur in the clear region several miles away from the location where the hail is hitting the ground. This is often the case with rotating hailstorms at least.

[@marshallsweatherhiking1820]

If an updraft is strong enough to create hail it is more than strong enough to create lighting. The location of the lightning is different in a hail storm compared to an ordinary thunderstorm because the charge regions are often different. There is always lightning somewhere in the cloud though.

[@morokot3211]

COOL

[@georgeschlaline6057]

I must be out of my mind. When it is hailing outside

[@SkibidiToiletBoyRandomStuff]

REAL FACT:Hail Storms Are Big Or Small

[@Gameplayery]

2 days ago (13-June-2020) , we had Gold-ball sized hail, DESTROYING Cars and buildings , very sad..

[@user-et7br6ir1h]

Bill this is for you

[@zefellowbud5970]

So hail are like shrek?

[@stephensnell5707]

No it is not now stop being silly

[@zefellowbud5970]

@@stephensnell5707 hail has layers much like onions, and so its only logical to say hail are like ogres as such shrek.

[@amided3816]

Just like onions, they have layers.

[@nihniang8088]

My cousin said that hail can destroy glasses even the small ones can destroy the BIG ONES

[@nihniang8088]

Big glasses yeah

[@user-et7br6ir1h]

I want my answers from you bill

[@FexTheFox]

sail

[@MK-ib4dp]

We are told by the government the worst is CO2 😂

[@user-vb9or5vk5w]

What is hail

[@dddsd8911]

Info

[@slumbersoundzasmr192]

Gosh

[@laylayuniverse7023]

Oum

[@glencessaquino455]

What the hell😂😂😂

[@xxstormplayz_thisxx6290]

Ohh spap

[@LeprechaunJackson]

Hail is just sky popcorn

[@stephensnell1379]

Except normal popcorn is not frozen so popcorn is NOTHING LIKE HAILSTONES FALLING FROM THE CLOUDS

[@LeprechaunJackson]

@@stephensnell1379 geez man it’s a joke

[@user-px3dd2rm1x]

Yep until it falls on your head in large quantity

[@LeprechaunJackson]

@@user-px3dd2rm1x ouch 💀

[@user-px3dd2rm1x]

@@LeprechaunJackson that hurts Now imagine yourself in a popcorn rain

[@xxstormplayz_thisxx6290]

I not comeing back ror part 4

[@reimannx33]

Instead of teaching, he is mostly reading from a script.

[@SanjuKumari-wv5oe]

Are you indian

[@user-et7br6ir1h]

I bought the ring for Megan for the wedding hail come down in numbers rocks the size of 50cent piece what do you call a diamond you know Jeff had to go on the roof for 3 that whent through it (code) c

[@amaya7511]

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[@endoftherope]

Why are they useing the metric system speak American please