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  2. Hail - Wikipedia

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    Hail can also undergo "dry growth", in which the latent heat release through freezing is not enough to keep the outer layer in a liquid state. Hail forming in this manner appears opaque due to small air bubbles that become trapped in the stone during rapid freezing. These bubbles coalesce and escape during the "wet growth" mode, and the ...

  3. What is graupel? How it is different from sleet or hail? - AOL

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    Hail is a chunk of ice that can fall during thunderstorms. Unlike snow, sleet, freezing rain, and graupel, which occur in colder weather, hail is most common in warm conditions, during spring and ...

  4. Solar phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Solar storms are caused by disturbances on the Sun, most often coronal clouds associated with solar flare CMEs emanating from active sunspot regions, or less often from coronal holes. The Sun can produce intense geomagnetic and proton storms capable of causing power outages , disruption or communications blackouts (including GPS systems) and ...

  5. Solar energy - Wikipedia

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    The energy from the Sun could play a key role in de-carbonizing the global economy alongside improvements in energy efficiency and imposing costs on greenhouse gas emitters. "The strength of solar is the incredible variety and flexibility of applications, from small scale to big scale".

  6. Is climate change making hailstones larger? - AOL

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    The paper concluded that hail size is expected to increase, noting, "Although fewer hail days are expected over most areas in the future, an increase in the mean hail size is projected, with fewer ...

  7. Is it snow, graupel, sleet or hail? A guide to the epic SoCal ...

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    Was the white stuff found near the Hollywood sign on Thursday snow — or graupel or accumulated hail? There was debate.

  8. Atmospheric convection - Wikipedia

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    It stops rising when it has cooled to the same temperature as the surrounding air. Associated with a thermal is a downward flow surrounding the thermal column. The downward-moving exterior is caused by colder air being displaced at the top of the thermal. Another convection-driven weather effect is the sea breeze. [6] [7]

  9. Solar cycle - Wikipedia

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    The magnetic field of the Sun flips during each solar cycle, with the flip occurring when the solar cycle is near its maximum. After two solar cycles, the Sun's magnetic field returns to its original state, completing what is known as a Hale cycle.