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>Also, the hail depicted in the image did not appear to be one hailstone but an accumulation of several. Concretions of hailstones in the air do occur which is
by r2_pilot 2y ago
>Also, the hail depicted in the image did not appear to be one hailstone but an accumulation of several.
Concretions of hailstones in the air do occur which is how you can get to these larger diameters.
- dylan604 2y agoSomething this large would have a difficult time forming any other way. The sheer weight of it would cause it to not stay aloft long enough to get to that size. Also, does it matter how it was formed? A chunk of ice of that size falling from the ground causing damage doesn't care if it's a single round ice cube for a really large cocktail glass or if it made up of lots of smaller things frozen together as a single piece of ice. The object getting hit doesn't care of it's formation and makeup either. It's still going to hurt. Bad.
- adolph 2y agoThe size of a single hailstone indicates the number of times it was relofted and another layer added to it. This quantifies the storm in a way that an aggregate of smaller stones doesn’t.
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