Does anyone else think there’s something extremely bizarre about today’s DC forecast?
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some storms could be severe, with large hail, gusty winds, and frequent lightning. Partly cloudy, with a high near 86.
At least the hail should melt quickly.
Hail occurs in hot weather. There was some in Connecticut last week; 2 inch hail.
You might be thinking of sleet.
Heck with the hail, how about the “Partly Cloudy” at the end? Imagine how bad the storms would be if it got all the way to “Cloudy?!?”
Michael: I have trouble contemplating “ice falling from the sky” and “damn, I want a Slurpee” happening simultaneously.
Brian: no kidding.
Wikipedia: “Hail forms in strong thunderstorm clouds, particularly those with intense updrafts, high liquid water content, great vertical extent, large water droplets, and where a good portion of the cloud layer is below freezing (0 °C (32 °F)). The growth rate is maximized at about -13 °C (9 °F), and becomes vanishingly small much below -30 °C (-22 °F) as supercooled water droplets become rare. For this reason, hail is most common in midlatitudes during early summer where surface temperatures are warm enough to promote the instability associated with strong thunderstorms, but the upper atmosphere is still cool enough to support ice.”