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Severe Weather Discussion => Tornado Alley Outbreaks and Severe Weather Worldwide => Topic started by: Jimmy Deguara on 02 January 2009, 04:52:20 PM

Title: Hail drifts Valletta Malta December 27 2008
Post by: Jimmy Deguara on 02 January 2009, 04:52:20 PM

Hail drifts in Valletta and in B'Kara

Hail drifts are too uncommon in Malta during the winter period.

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Title: Re: Hail drifts Valletta Malta December 27 2008
Post by: Peter J on 04 January 2009, 03:57:16 PM

Jimmy,

what are haildrifts and what conditions cause them - i've heard of snow-drifts, but not hail drifts before.

Big Pete
(a learning scholar)

Discussion on hail drifts  (http://www.australiasevereweather.com/forum/general-weather-all-topics-that-are-not-current-severe-weather-should-be-posted-here/re-hail-drifts-valletta-malta-december-27-2008/msg10282)

Title: Re: Hail drifts Valletta Malta December 27 2008
Post by: cloudfairy on 06 January 2009, 03:40:09 AM

The pictures look like wet snow to me....
Haven't heard of hail drift either.

Title: Re: Hail drifts Valletta Malta December 27 2008
Post by: nzstorm on 06 January 2009, 01:23:29 PM

Interesting pics. Malta seems to have a highly convective climate so nothing surprises me regarding severe weather there.

There was a similar event in Devon in the UK at the end of October. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7700167.stm

Title: Re: Hail drifts Valletta Malta December 27 2008
Post by: Andrej Matko on 08 January 2009, 10:24:22 PM

Wow Jimmy, that's lot of ice! :) This is definately not the snow - you can see cut/thrashed tree leaves in the piles, work of hailstones. Looks like the water brought down the hail with it and it just piled up.

Title: Re: Hail drifts Valletta Malta December 27 2008
Post by: Jimmy Deguara on 10 March 2009, 01:28:14 AM

Here is a link of a blog that seems consistent with this event:

http://buntsblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/freak-hailstorm-in-malta.html

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara