May 7, 2010, Newsletter Issue #135: What is hail?

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Hail is actually moisture that originates in convective clouds and is another form of refrozen raindrops. It starts out similar to sleet but hail spends more time forming and gathers a layer of ice crystals. When hail falls through the atmosphere it picks up additional water drops and can actually grow in size.

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