Austinist: Were You Hit By This Morning's Hailstorm?

themo

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:36:29 -0600

it is true, hail happens when it is above freezing down here on earth, i'm just saying i was outside in a somewhat muggy evening just hours before, and it seemed strange. of course, at 8am everything seems strange. i thought iwas kinda cool, until i saw little dents all over my car this afternoon. DAMN IT! Thanks for the clarification on hail, though, madcity. Science is not my strength

shilli

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:17:34 -0600

I've heard people talk about golf ball sized hail, but this is the first I've seen.

madcityjts

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:50:24 -0600

I think the entry's comment about how strange it was to have hail and warm temperatures is completely off the mark. Hail most often occurs in warm-weather storm cells--most frequently in summer. It is SLEET that occurs when it is cold outside. The hail forms in super cells as water droplets cycle up into the upper layers of the storm cell clouds where the temperatures are naturally very cold and then become ice. Hail size increases as the ice droplets cycle back up into the super cell and accumulate more water that freezes. Eventually, gravity takes control and they fall. That's what I remember from my grade school textbook on this topic. I enjoyed the little pea-sized hails that fell in my east side hood this morning.

LoudMouth

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:00:53 -0600

I got hail but of course, like everything, the man only gave me a little bit while lavishing the hail upon the people that can afford a home.