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The Wacky Weather Phenomenon of HAIL AND SLEET

Learn about the damaging form of precipitation known as hail, its differences from sleet, how it forms, its features, and its impact on humans and businesses. Discover interesting facts about hail and sleet, including the largest hailstone ever recorded.

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The Wacky Weather Phenomenon of HAIL AND SLEET

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  1. The Wacky Weather Phenomenon of HAIL AND SLEET Katherine Cook Mrs. Shott Period 8

  2. What is Hail? • Hail is a damaging form of precipitation that is similar to a small chunk or ball of solid, hard ice.

  3. Is sleet the same as hail? • No, sleet is winter precipitation in the form of small pellets of ice. • It can make a thin sheet of ice on anything.

  4. How does hail start? • Hail starts as tiny pellets that collide with water droplets that get thrown up and down in the cloud until they are heavy enough to fall. = ice pellets

  5. Features of hail • Hail has many layers form being thrown up and down in the cloud. • Hailstones can be as big as baseballs.

  6. How does sleet occur? • It starts when snowflakes that melt into raindrops when passing through warmer air. • Then they refreeze into ice particles. WARM AIR COLD AIR REFREEZE

  7. Where does hail and sleet occur? • Hail and sleet occur most everywhere, however some places get more severe storms than others. = severe hail = severe sleet

  8. What can hail do to humans? • If hailstones are large enough, they can knock humans unconscious or even kill them.

  9. What to do if Hail Occurs • Go inside your house or a covered shelter. • Avoid going outside unless absolutely necessary. • Listen to a local radio or TV station to see when it is safe to come out of cover. • Stay off of phones and other appliances during a hail storm.

  10. Can hail effect businesses? • YES! Hail has been responsible for billions of dollars worth of crop damage and livestock deaths

  11. How can hail affect us? • Can cause more than $500 million in damage annually. • A hailstorm in Prescott Arizona last year destroyed all the cars and trucks at one of the car distributorships

  12. When hailstones rise and fall, they hit each other, make electric charges, and lightning occurs. Hail falls in the Nandi Hills of Kenya, Africa about 132 days a year! Wacky facts

  13. Other Cool Facts • The largest hailstone ever fell on Coffeyville, Kansas in 1970. It measured 17.5 inches in circumference and weighed 1.67 pounds.

  14. The End Thank you for watching my presentation. I hope you learned something about hail and sleet!!!

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