Thunderstorms which could produce this phenomenon are identified on radar with a three (*) body scatter spike.
It's not a disease, but in 2009 the EPA suggested that applying the fungicide pyraclostrobin to plants may help protect them from this condition. Under the METAR reporting system, this phenomenon is usually reported with the abbreviation GR. Thunderstorms which could produce this phenomenon are identified on radar with a three (*) body scatter spike. Effective prevention of this phenomenon is the other major use of silver iodide. The occurrence of this phenomenon requires a sizeable updraft which lifts droplets into the high atmosphere, where they freeze. For 10 points, name this type of solid precipitation which falls to earth in the form of ice.
It's not a disease, but in 2009 the EPA suggested that applying the fungicide pyraclostrobin to plants may help protect them from this condition.
hail [or hailstones; prompt on "precipitation"] 