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Description: Hail
Hard rounded pellets
Concentric shells
Most diameters range from 1 to 5 cm
Formation
Occurs in large cumulonimbus clouds with violent up- and downdrafts
Layers of freezing rain are caught in up- and downdrafts in the cloud
Pellets fall to the ground when they become too heavy

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