EarthProfessor

The "Professor" represents our team of researchers and writers. Both adults and kids have tons of questions about our planet. Our job is to answer them!

How do hailstorms occur?

Hailstones are formed when rain droplets are carried upwards by a current of air, called an updraft, during thunderstorms. “Hail forms as robust thunderstorms grow taller and taller, lofting moisture up into the atmosphere where it freezes,” explains Jonathan Belles, digital meteorologist at Weather., and com. While reading we ran into the query “What happens …

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