graupel
Example Sentences
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“And multiple showers will just follow to rain. We’ll only be concerned about maybe a few snowflakes and graupel, smaller than hail, during the nighttime overnight hours.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
If the updrafts are strong enough and last long enough, the graupel can keep growing and become denser.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 11, 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
Meteorologists reported snow or graupel falling near the sign, a rare sight.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
In Sacramento, the state capital, the weather service said it had received reports of something that might be either hail or graupel — soft, wet snowflakes encased in supercooled water droplets.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
