Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their ...

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen our fair share of thunderstorms across Colorado, bringing not just heavy rain and strong ...

Researchers use calipers to measure the width, in millimeters, of the hailstones, which are then weighed. So far after more than 13 storms, the biggest they found is 139 millimeters (5.5 inches ...

Different teams did this over and over, with the debris littering vans. It’s all about trying to get good statistics on how strong the typical hailstone is. On this night, Giammanco and ...

Every hailstone starts with a tiny particle called an ice nucleus. This could be a speck of dust, a bit of pollen, or even a small ice crystal drifting in the cloud.

Ice can fall from the sky during a thunderstorm, even when it's hot out. Hail explained. ... For a hailstone to be considered severe, it must be at least an inch in diameter.

Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their ...

news Weather. Hail on the way to North Texas? Here’s what you need to know (and how to protect yourself) Hailstones one inch in diameter or greater often result in property damage.

Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their own bodies dented in the name of science. They hope these hailstones ...

Each ring in a hailstone represents how many times that hail stone circulated around the cloud before it came crashing down to Earth. ... stir the ice water around. 8. After 7 minutes, ...

When he stepped out to collect a hailstone — wearing a helmet to protect his head — one slammed into his right hand, causing it to swell in what Gensini called the first hail injury of the season.