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

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

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Wind.

In storm clouds there is a strong updraft, that’s what gives thunderstorms that mushroom cloud look. Little ones can be held up for a long time in the updraft, until they grow so large the wind can’t hold them up (or the storm weakens).

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