There was a brief hailstorm this afternoon in the Northern Corozal District. At around 2:30, hail poured down over the villages of Libertad, Ranchito, Santa Rita and Corozal Town.
Forecaster at the Met Office Frank Tench says it's the product of very intense thunderstorm in the upper atmosphere. He said it's typical of the months of April and May when very hot daytime temperatures create the right atmospheric conditions for the freak weather event.
Tench says that during these thunderstorms, water vapor condenses into ice pellets, some of which stay frozen enough to fall out of the clouds as hail.
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