Giant hail in Argentina

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Giant hail in Argentina

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Did anyone catch this? Dang!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/cap ... d8c3c37504
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Big stones alright, there's a few good video's out there
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Likely a big LP supercell as moisture not that great from what I can see. Cordoba Aero do soundings and looks like your typical severe convective sounding with mid level lapse rates 8C and 40-50knot mid level flow.
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Here is a picture and video of the supercell responsible for the Cordoba hailstorm. Impressive feature.

https://twitter.com/Albatrossoar/status ... 8932791298

https://twitter.com/MarkVornhusen/statu ... 0932206592
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More info here.

https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/a ... 2018/02/08
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