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Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 7:15 pm
by ex-khobar Andy
. . . Here in mid-Missouri. I have never experienced this and I can't say it is on my bucket list. I'll let you know.
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 7:46 pm
by rubato
See if you corner the tarp franchise.
Grapefruit-sized? What is the kinetic energy of a grapefruit-sized hail stone at terminal velocity??
yrs,
rubato
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 8:06 pm
by rubato
The only data I could find was for an 8cm hailstone, slightly smaller than grapefruit, and it looks like it makes 806 Joules at terminal velocity although reaching terminal velocity is unlikely.
A pretty good whack to anything left out in the open. Not good for the fruit trees, shingles nor mobile homes.
yrs,
rubato
Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 10:28 pm
by RayThom
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 11:18 pm
by Gob
They've just had a tidy storm back in Devon/Cornwall/Wales
Heavy storms raged over the South West, with heavy downpours and lightning striking properties.
The Met Office said over the four-hour period from midnight to 04:00 there was a "notable" amount of lightning.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service reported strikes at eight properties, and a BT box on a telegraph pole was destroyed.
Cornwall's fire service reported "properties and businesses" had been struck.
The events were caught on camera by members of the public across the region.
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 12:24 am
by ex-khobar Andy
Nothing to report - grapefruit seed sized hail at best. It looks as if the weather guys have been taking lessons from Trump - promise something huge and maybe they will be satisfied with much much less.
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 4:41 pm
by Bicycle Bill
Does make you wonder how they described hailstones before someone invented golf balls or baseballs.
-"BB"-
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 4:59 pm
by rubato
pinto beans, quail eggs, hens eggs, duck eggs?
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 10:24 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Hail-size hail?
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 2:44 am
by Gob
Hail, hail, the gang's all here....
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 2:47 am
by BoSoxGal
Hail Trump!
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 12:49 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Gob wrote:Hail, hail, the gang's all here....
"We're a band, not a gang"
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 4:33 pm
by Bicycle Bill
MajGenl.Meade wrote:
The apple didn't fall very far from
that tree, did it?
-"BB"-
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 6:47 pm
by rubato
MajGenl.Meade wrote: "...
"We're a band, not a gang"
And we're Merry.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 5:46 pm
by Sue U
"We're a band, not a gang"
--Overheard at CBGB, November 1978.
Re: Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 1:12 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
Sue U wrote:
"We're a band, not a gang"
--Overheard at CBGB, November 1978.
I was probably there.
Grapefruit size hail threatened
Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 1:44 pm
by RayThom
Sue U wrote:
"We're a band, not a gang"... --Overheard at CBGB, November 1978.
Was it this band?
