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How is rain and hail connected?

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hail is essentially frozen rain caused by sub freezing tempertures at higher altitudes freezing the precipitation as it falls.

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What makes rain change to hail?
It's the rain freezing and the clouds dropping the now new hail on us :-C
What is frozen rain hail or sleet?
Both. Hail is typically formed in the summer by thunderstorms, where the upper atmosphere gets really cold. Sleet is frozen rain formed in the winter usually, where snow melts, then re-freezes.
How is rain and hail similar and how are they different?
they r both clear hail is hard
How does rain change to hail?
gets caught in an updraft and freezes
What do you call rain snow and hail?
precipitation