hail, hale

Hail or hail means the ice that falls from the sky as precipitation, in the form of hailstones--
One April we had hail the size of ping-pong balls bouncing on the lawn.
The weather service is predicting rain, hail, and wind.
Hail also means to call out to, in order to attract attention or help--
Ask the doorman if he will hail a taxi for us.
Hail also means to greet or salute--
Hail and farewell!
Hail fellow well met!

Hale or hale ( rhymes with hail ) means very fit and healthy--
Only hale and hearty people will make it through the training course.
Hale is also an old-fashioned term meaning haul or pull--
His creditors threatened to hale him into court.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"We all felt hale and enthusiastic before it began to hail."