Hail is formed when water droplets are carried up into the sky by strong winds. As the droplets rise higher, they enter colder areas of the atmosphere and freeze into balls of ice. The hailstones grow in size as they continue rising and having layers of ice form upon them. Eventually, the hailstones become too heavy for the winds to support and they fall back to earth as precipitation.

1. How is hail made?
Hail is water that gets caught in strong winds. The strong winds carry the little water drops
higher and higher and the water drops freeze. As the winds get weaker, the hail falls.
Ryan
How does hail fall?
Hail is water that gets caught in strong winds. Then it goes up into the sky. It then gets too
cold and freezes. It drops to the ground when it gets too heavy.
Nicholas
How does hail fall?
Hail stones are water caught together. Hail happens when there are strong winds. Strong
winds lift up water drops and then they freeze. When they get heavy enough, they fall. Hail
stones become so large that they are too heavy for the wind to carry.
Drew
What is Hail?
Hail is water that gets caught in strong upward winds. Hailstones start as water drops then
the wind blows the water drops into the sky and the water drops turn to hail. Hail is cold ice
that it is heavy and when the wind gets low the hail starts to fall.
Chanel
Why does hail fall?
Hail is water that gets caught in strong winds. Then the water droplets rise up to the sky and
freeze. The water droplets come together and then get heavier and heavier and fall back
down to the earth.
Heidi

2. What is hail?
Hail forms when strong winds push water droplets up high in the sky. When they reach the
right height the water droplets freeze. That process makes hail. When it gets too heavy and
the wind weakens, they will fall.
Jack
What is Hail?
Hail stones are made when strong winds push the water droplets up. When they get to the
clouds they turn into balls of ice that can grow as big as golf balls. Then the clouds cannot
hold onto the balls of ice so then they fall to the ground.
Steven
How does Hail fall?
Hail falls when the winds are strong. The water drops rise up more than usual. The water
drops freeze into balls of ice. When the frozen water drops move up, the more layers are
formed. And when they get too heavy they fall.
Dean
What is Hail?
Hail is water. When they get heavy, they fall. Hail starts off as water drops. A hailstone is
made up of layers of ice, like the layers of an onion. While most hail is small, some can be
big.
Poppy
How does hail fall?
Hail is water that gets caught in strong winds. The water will freeze, and then start to fall
with more water attaching to the hailstones. Each time the hailstones go up into the
freezing air, a layer of ice is formed. Once the hail is too heavy or strong winds get weaker,
the hail will fall to the ground. Most hail is small, but some hailstones can be as big as golf
balls.
Geordie

3. How is hail formed?
Hail is water that gets caught in strong winds. Then the water freezes and turns into ice.
When the wind starts to get weaker and the hail starts to get heavier, the hail stones start
to fall.
Adrienne
How does hail fall?
Hail happens when there are strong winds. The water will freeze and then start to fall. In the
cold air, the water drops freeze into little balls of ice. When they get heavy enough, they fall.
Each time the hailstone goes up into the freezing air, a layer of ice is formed. Hail stones
become so large that they are too heavy for the wind to carry, then they fall towards the
earth.
Juliet
How does hail fall?
Hail happens when the wind is very strong. Each time the hailstone goes up into the
freezing air the water drops freeze into little balls of ice and get bigger and bigger. The
hailstones get heavier and the wind gets weaker. When the wind can’t carry the hail stones
they fall to the ground.
Carmina
What is hail?
Hailstones are water drops that rise in the air. Big, strong winds make the water go high in
the sky. It’s really, really cold and they freeze. Then they get too heavy and fall back down.
They can do a lot of damage if they are big like golf balls.
Isabella

4. How does hail fall?
Hail stones are rain droplets that travel high into the sky with strong winds. When they
move up through the cold layers of wind, they freeze up in the sky. When the wind gets
weaker they start to fall down and then it hails.
Taylor
What Causes Hail to fall?
Hailstones are water drops that are made when strong winds carry water droplets into the
sky. When the water droplets turn to ice and freeze they get heavier and heavier in the sky
and then fall to the ground as hailstones.
Joseph
What is Hail?
Hail stones happen when the rain droplets go higher and higher into the sky. Then when it
freezes the water drops get bigger and bigger in the sky. They fall because they get so
heavy and the wind slows down.
Benjamin
What is Hail?
Hailstones are lots of water droplets. Water comes from the ground. The rain rises from
the ground. They are pushed higher into the sky with strong winds and then they freeze.
When they get heavier they fall back down. This is how hailstones are made.
Sam
What is Hail?
Hailstones are tiny water drops that get blown high into the cold sky. When they get high
into the sky they turn into ice and get bigger and bigger up in the sky. Then they get too big
to stay up in the sky and they come falling down. That is a hailstorm!
Carla