🧊 Hailstone Growth Lab: Updraft Accretion, Wet-Growth Limit, Melting and a Layered Cutaway
Release a hailstone embryo into a supercell updraft and follow it as it climbs, accretes supercooled water, switches between dry and wet growth, and melts on the way down. A live cutaway paints the stone's layers, and sweeps and numerical checks test updraft limits and the Schumann-Ludlam criterion.
Meteorology & Weather Patterns3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender
⚙ Under the hood
Release a hailstone embryo into a supercell updraft and follow it as it climbs, accretes supercooled water, switches between dry and wet growth, and melts on the way down. A live cutaway paints the stone's layers, and sweeps and numerical checks test updraft limits and the Schumann-Ludlam criterion.
HailThunderstormCloud physicsAccretionTerminal velocitySupercell
3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install