The city of Tripoli, home to roughly 3 million people, averages less than 11 inches of rainfall per year. It helped that the storm was what storm chasers refer to as “tail end Charlie,” or the southernmost storm in a line. His findings suggest the hail was well into the gargantuan category, which describes hailstorms 6 inches across or larger. He found that the hail, which fell on Cordoba, Argentina, in early February 2018, may have been as much as 9.3 inches in diameter. ADAD“The fact that we’ve seen cases in multiple continents suggests that conditions can be favorable for gargantuan hail around the world,” wrote Kumjian.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 04, 2020 15:58 UTC