Friday has returned and so has Weather Why’s. This week we are talking about the formation of hail and how big those pellets ...

QUAD CITIES, Iowa/Ill. (KWQC) - Thunderstorms quickly developed ahead of a cold front Thursday morning, producing brief heavy rain and even hail in some locations. Most of the storms developed east of ...

A team of scientists has cracked open one of meteorology's enduring mysteries—how hailstones grow inside storm clouds—using an innovative approach that analyzes chemical signatures locked in the ice.

Or are hurricanes too warm to freeze?" Meteorologist Jonathan Belles: Hard hailstones aren't common in hurricanes, but ice is ...

TULSA, Okla. — In July’s Weather Experiment Wednesday at Discovery Lab, we showcase hail formation through their new exhibit, "Imaginate." Hail is formed by strong vertical winds within a thunderstorm ...

Statistics show an increase in the number of large hailstones in the United States over the past two years, which has caused meteorologists and researchers to wonder: Is hail getting larger, and if so ...

You've got hailstones in pretty much every thunderstorm that forms. Air rises quickly into the storm, punching into a colder part of the atmosphere thousands of feet above the surface. Hail formation ...

QUAD CITIES, Iowa/Ill. (KWQC) - Hail causes billions of dollars in damage to homes, crops and vehicles each year in the United States. There were three separate hail disasters in the u-s just last ...

The hail pounding on the roof of our cabin last week sounded like a jet engine. The pea-sized pellets were slicing through the sky at an astonishing rate and so dense that sheets of hail were sliding ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On March 28th, hail was reported from Nassau to St. Johns County as severe thunderstorms rolled across the First Coast. Yet the high temperatures in the impacted areas were well ...