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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
How do you read this one though? Like what tells you if it's hail and when it's going to hit? I usually just use the weather network radar.
Anyway, I did what I could - a couple of old blankets, and a car cover on top. I'm not super confident the wind won't just blow it off but it's what I had.
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Typically if the clouds are above ~11,000 feet (which would show as "11.0" on the storm), it could have hail. The higher the cloud top, the larger the hail could be. I think the highest I've seen is around 20k feet? There's also a legend on the radar that shows what each colour represents for intensity of precipitation. Basically the brighter it is, the more intense the rain.
EDIT: lower cloud heights could contain hail as well, but 11,000 is where I start to really pay attention.
You can also see if there are plane seeders on the storm, which would further indicate hail potential, and the red circles will show direction of storm within the next 10, 20, 30 minutes.