How are large hailstones produced in five distinct potential severe hailstorm environments?

Type 4 over high-latitude plains has a high mass growth during ascent but a medium descent growth rate on average. Over elevated terrains, type 5 has the shallowest melting zone and the lowest melting rate, allowing hailstones to reach the surface with the least mass loss. The responses of hailstone growth to initial hailstone embryo heights are type dependent but are insensitive to initial hailstone radii.

A longer ascent (descent) growth duration leads to a greater mass increment and a higher potential for low (high)-level-seeded embryos to grow into large hailstones. Sensitivity tests show that kinematic conditions measured by wind shear are important in all types. Strong wind shear serves as a preferable environment for hailstone growth across five types by extending the growth duration.