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World 4 · Hail · 12 min · PRO

Hail, sleet, graupel and freezing rain: telling them apart

Reading the temperature profile

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  • Growing a hailstone: up and down the updraft
  • Sizes and updrafts: why bigger hail needs stronger storms
  • How weather radar works: echoes from raindrops
  • Reflectivity: reading dBZ colours
  • Doppler velocity: which way is it moving?
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