25-04-2020 12:02 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com

Hey Ray! How Pressure, Wind, And Moisture Help Create Hail

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Now that it is officially spring, we are getting into the time of year that features thunderstorms.
Some of them are nasty, with strong winds and big hail. The two pretty much go “hand-in-hand”.
To make hail, you need to get a lot of moisture up high into the atmosphere.
We all know warm air rises, so that is a start, but you need more lift to get hail in the atmosphere — a lot more lift.
That is where strong, upper atmospheric winds come in.
As winds
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