Residents in the northern part of the island of St Kitts reportedly experienced a hailstorm this morning.
Videos and pictures have been making the rounds on social media of the reported rare weather event, with the areas being identified as Tabernacle, Saddlers Village and Dieppe Bay.
In one video, a woman expressed shock at the weather
“People it’s hailing outside look at all of these ice cubes just falling out of the sky. Imagine in St Kitts it’s hailing…we soon start to snow…oh my gosh look at all them white specks of hail stones.”
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happened in antigua a few times when i was in primary school and that was around 1991
so i dont see the big deal
A commercial aircraft flushed its “you know” over St. Kitts and got icy on descent. Nothing to worry about. Be careful where you throw your stuff. Like on your neighbors property. Don’t be Nass-T.
It can hail anywhere in the world. The air at ground level may be warm, but it can still be cold enough higher up in the sky, to produce hail….
So how does it hit the ground as ice if ground level is around 30 Celsius? Unless it’s in the peak, I think you will get rain and not hail. Gotta be some baseball size hailstones to hit the ground in 30c. Nothing impossible but it’s highly improbable at c.30c