graupel

Example Sentences

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Debate over whether it was snow, graupel or accumulated hail that fell on the Hollywood sign.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From New York Times

Graupel on the Hollywood sign.

From New York Times

But in Los Angeles, meteorologists reported a rare sight, when snow, or graupel — the soft, wet precipitation that is not quite as hard as hail — descended on the Hollywood sign.

From New York Times

By Friday morning, Eric Boldt, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Los Angeles, could confirm it had been graupel, which he defined as “basically snowflakes wrapped in ice.”

From New York Times