How can hail stay in the air before falling down, and how can it be big sometimes but small others?

Question

How can hail stay in the air before falling down, and how can it be big sometimes but small others?

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

There are up draughts in the clouds which push the hail up until gravity overcomes the force lifting it up, the more times the hail goes up and down the cloud the bigger and heavier it gets. https://youtu.be/tNyDxBBAeeg