A barangay in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon experienced a hailstorm, which surprised residents in the area. A video captured by ...

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 ...

The whole idea is to be "learning information about what the hailstone was doing when it was in the storm,” said Northern Illinois University meteorology professor Victor Gensini, one of the ...

After weeks of collecting these ice balls, Central Michigan student Sam Baron sampled the fruit of his labors. “It tastes like an ice cube,” Baron said.

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Ice Nuclei: The First Spark 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.

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

Sleet forms from the freezing of rain droplets that do not grow in size. If sleet or graupel collect extra ice on their exterior, they can become hail. Hailstones must be at least 0.2 inches in size.

Hailstone. Image via Unsplash The creation of a hailstone requires several elements: moisture, strong updrafts, and freezing temperatures. The updrafts within a thunderstorm push raindrops upward into ...

How to collect a pristine hailstone Mostly researchers grab hail to test after it falls, wearing gloves so as not to warm or taint the ice balls too much.