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EC:  HAIL

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 506

Concept definition: <SOLID_PRECIPITATION> of either transparent or partly or completely opaque <PARTICLE>s of <ICE> (hailstones), usually spherical, conical, or irregular in form and of <<OUTSIDE_DIAMETER>> generally between 5 and 50 millimetres, that falls from a <CLOUD> either separately or agglomerated into irregular lumps; hail.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [WMO182, H0030, "hail"]
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