John Hall wrote:

In message , Alan White
writes
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:11:48 +0000, John Hall
wrote:

Yes, anything is better than horizontal rain.

Horizontal hail?


Make that "almost anything". Though hailstones are heavy enough that it
must be rare for them to fall very close to horizontally. There are a few
other meteorological phenomena that would be worse, as well.

The hailstones were making a very good attempt at travelling horizontally when
I was walking above Tideswell this afternoon :-) Soft hail isn't particularly
heavy but it does sting when driven by a strong wind.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
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