Hail
Get ready for a hailstorm of information with Learning Mole’s “High Five Facts About Hail”! This video is a frozen adventure into the meteorological marvels that bring icy pellets from the sky. From the formation of hailstones to the impact on weather patterns, we’re about to uncover the fascinating and chilly facts that make hail a unique and intriguing weather phenomenon. So, raise your hand for a high-five and join us as we explore the high-fiving facts about hail. It’s a celebration of the icy wonders that occasionally grace the atmosphere! ❄️🌨️✋
Transcription for Hail
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Today we are going to learn five interesting facts about hail. Number one, even though hail is made from Ice. It is more likely to fall in the summer. This is because of how hail is formed hail is created when warm air brings water upwards in the air the water rises. Into the atmosphere. Once the water is up there. It gets very cold and freezes creating little drops of ice which then gets bigger and bigger until they are heavy enough to fall as hail in the early summer the air is warmer.
And so the updrafts caused by the warm air is stronger and the upper atmosphere is still cold enough to freeze water into hail. So early summer is the best time for it to hail. fact number two The biggest hailstone ever recorded was measured in 2010 and fell in a storm over South Dakota in America. It measured over 20 centimeters long. That means when you measure it across it was the same width as a dinner Fork. That’s a huge Hailstone. number three Hail actually tumbles around in the clouds before falling this is because the air inside the cloud is warmer at the bottom than at the top.
So the warm air pushes the hail up and the cold air pushes it down while the hail tumbles around against layers as more water forms into ice around it. Once the Hailstone is big enough gravity pulls it down to the Earth. Number four when hail Falls, it can damage crops and even cause famine. This is a big problem for farmers and in the 16th century. They tried to sell that problem. They would shoot guns into thunderclouds to try and break up the hailstones before they could fall under crops.
Unfortunately for the farmers. This didn’t work. number five real storms happen most often in America because of their climate. They have over 5,000 hail storms a year, which is around 13 per day American hail storms usually have bigger hailstones than anywhere else. I hope you enjoyed my five fun facts about hail. See you next time.
