The difference between hail and snow?
The main difference lies in how each is formed and what conditions are necessary for their formation. SNOW: Snow occurs when there are no layers above freezing higher up in the atmosphere. If temperatures remain below freezing for much of the troposphere, snow will fall. However, there may still be a somewhat warmer layer near the surface, with temps as high as 40ºF, and snow will still fall, though it will not stick to the ground. HAIL: Hail comes from strong thunderstorms and is usually not associated with snow. To understand how hail is formed, you must understand how a thunderstorm forms. First, there needs to be warm moist air at the surface and cold dry air aloft (high in the atmosphere). The warm air will rise and when the temperature reaches the dew point, it will condense into a liquid droplet. This process continues and a cumulonimbus cloud is formed. These clouds are also known as “thunderclouds” because they produce lightning, heavy rain, hail and sometimes tornadoes. Now,
