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Precipitation in the form of pellets of ice
(hailstones). It is caused by the circulation
of moisture in strong convection currents,
usually within cumulonimbus clouds. Water
droplets freeze as they are carried upwards.
As the circulation continues, layers of ice
are deposited around the droplets until they
become too heavy to be supported by the
currents and they fall as a hailstorm.