hailstones
Frozen precipitation balls
Hailstones are pellets of ice that fall during certain thunderstorms, formed when updrafts carry raindrops into freezing upper atmosphere layers.
They range from pea-sized to golf-ball-sized or larger, and can damage crops, vehicles, and roofs: The hailstones dented every car in the parking lot.
Solidified by extreme cold
- graupelIce-coated snow pellets
- sleetPartly frozen precipitation
- pelletsSmall compressed spheres
- iceballsFrozen water spheres
crystalline · solidification · spherical · layered · opaque · translucent · nucleus · accretion
Violent weather with lightning
- cumulonimbusTowering storm-producing cloud
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- supercellRotating severe thunderstorm
convective · updraft · precipitation · cloudburst · squall · tempest · deluge · torrent
Striking repeatedly with projectiles
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- hammeringStriking repeatedly with force
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
clatter · bombardment · barrage · pummeling · denting · shattering · volley · onslaught
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
iceballs · crystalline · solidification · spherical · layered · opaque · translucent · nucleus · accretion · freezing
thunderstorm
Violent weather with lightning
- cumulonimbusTowering storm-producing cloud
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- downpourIntense precipitation event
supercell · convective · updraft · precipitation · cloudburst · squall · tempest · deluge · torrent · rainfall
pelting
Striking repeatedly with projectiles
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- hammeringStriking repeatedly with force
drumming · clatter · bombardment · barrage · pummeling · denting · shattering · volley · onslaught · thudding
agriculture
Cultivation of land, livestock
- harvestGathering mature crops
- farmersLand-cultivating occupation holders
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
losses · fields · orchards · vineyards · netting · claims · yield · disaster · vulnerability · protection
golfball
Dimpled sphere for putting
baseball · quarter · dime · nickel · ping-pong · grape · walnut · egg · recordbreaking · measurement
- weather phenomenatornado, wind, hurricane, gust, blizzard
- precipitationrain, snow, drizzle, sleet, snowfall
- Thunderstormslightning, thunder, thunderstorm, lightning strike, thunderclap
- condensationcondensation, dew, fog, steam, frost
hailstonesraindrops
Individual bits of precipitation
rain · drizzle · mist · snowflakes · light rain
hailstonessnowflakes
Frozen precipitation crystals
powder snow · flurries · slush · frost · rime