General Navigation USCG Question #1308 (Set 41)

Which type of precipitation is a product of the violent convection found in thunderstorms?

Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation

Correct Answer: Option D — Hail

Hail requires powerful convective updrafts typical of mature cumulonimbus thunderstorms to suspend growing ice pellets aloft until they become too heavy for the updrafts to support.

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