How dose hail form?

Question

I need to know how hail forms. help me!!!

Answer 1

Hail forms when tiny clumps of ice, kept aloft by strong updraughts, get blown through freezing thunderclouds until they are heavy enough to fall to earth. Most large thunderstorms create some hail, but conditions must be met if the hailstones are to grow large, freeze solid, and survive until they reach the ground. Ideal conditions for hail are tall clouds that reach high into the atmosphere, many swirling updrafts such as in a tornado, and cold temperatures within and beneath the storm.

Answer 2

The usual scenario is when water drops freeze as they ascend upward in a storm above the freezing level.  The small ice balls then descend, but somewhere below the freezing level they get caught back in an updraft, coating more water on them which in turn freezes as the stone rises again.  This cycle can happen many times, until the stone grows too large for the updraft to support it, and it falls out of the base of the storm.