Classification and Characteristics of Hailclouds in Mancheng Prefecture

Sixty-four processes of hailfall are observed and types of hailclouds are classified from the data of rawinsonde, radar and hailshooting observation from 1986 to 1990 in Mancheng Prefecture,Hebei Province. Five types of supercells, dot-source hailcloud, propagational hailcloud, multicells and weak hailcells are classified in this area.The statistical analyses on the data of five years shown that the occurrence frequency of multicells and weak halloeds are more than that of the other types. Serious damages are usually caused by the hailcloud of supercells and propagational cells in Mancheng Prefecture.

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