graupel

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Graupel, also known as snow pellets or soft hail, forms when water droplets freeze onto a snow crystal, according to the National Weather Service.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

Graupel, an ice-snow combo, dusted the Hollywood sign.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2023

Graupel is also called snow pellets or soft hail, as the graupel particles are particularly fragile and generally disintegrate when handled.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Graupel is sometimes described as pellets of snow or as frost-covered snowflakes.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2022

Graupel consists of soft, small pellets of hail that form when water droplets freeze over a crystal of snow.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2022