Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / November 13, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Dec. 2014
The hail It is a very common climatic phenomenon on our planet, it consists of Water frozen than with a Format Ball, similar to the ice that we freeze in refrigerators or freezers, falls from the clouds to the surface and usually has a measure that ranges between 5 and 50 millimeters in diameterHowever, there have been cases that considerably exceeded that average.
It is worth noting that hail is a phenomenon that accompanies rains and storms, that is, there is no hail fall if there is no rain. Meanwhile, hail has its origin within the so-called cumulonimbus that are clouds of enormous size in the vertical direction and that are made up of a tremendous mass of air Warm and wet; then, strong winds that add to this cloud are the ones that generate the cooling and the subsequent fall of the hail.
The solidity that hail presents and also the virulence with which it tends to precipitate, usually cause severe material damage to the fall on especially sensitive surfaces such as cars, which are usually very damaged by falling Hail and not to mention if you are frozen ice balls fall on people's humanity, they can also cause damage physical.
By case is that in the language popular is usually called stone hail and is common hear say that stone fell.
Another use that is attributed to the term, although less common, allows to designate that thick cloud that generally forms in the eyes of some older people.
Although, as we have already pointed out, storms that bring hail develop throughout the planet, they tend to be more common in areas with tropical climates. Even the damage that this type of storm accompanied by hail usually triggers is, as we have already said, very serious.
Fortunately the technology has developed equipment such as radars and satellites that allow anticipating the fall of hail and then it is possible to alert the citizenship this contingency and avoid collateral damage.
Themes in Hail