Thread: Rain - Fast or slow?
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Posted 2008-05-04, 11:33 AM in reply to Demosthenes's post starting "Yes, and no. Yes, hail will drop..."
Mjordan2nd said:
Yes, and no.

Yes, hail will drop faster, but not due to it being accelerated faster by gravity. The force on anything near the Earth's surface due to gravity will cause it to accelerate at -9.8 m/s/s. However, air resistance will slow down the water droplets more than hail.
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