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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Hail Contamination Hail Contamination The term 'Hail Contamination' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' A limitation in NEXRAD rainfall estimates whereby abnormally high reflectivities associated with hail are converted to rainfall rates and rainfall accumulations. These high reflectivity values are mistaken by the radar for extremely heavy rain, thus 'contaminating' (inflating) its estimation of how much rain has fallen over the affected area'. Previous 5 Terms: haematic haematogenesis hagiology Hague Line Hail Next 5 Terms: Hail Index Hail Size Hail Size - Baseball Hail Size - Golfball Hail Size - Grapefruit About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.