small hail
meteorology
Also known as: ice grain, ice pellet
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description and formation
- In climate: Hail
The second is small hail (ice grains or pellets), which are transparent or translucent pellets of ice that are spherical, spheroidal, conical, or irregular in shape, with diameters of a few millimetres. They may consist of frozen raindrops, of largely melted and refrozen snowflakes, or of snow pellets…
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