graupel

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As showers shift south, high pressure is expected to build in the atmosphere above, creating conditions for potential lightning and graupel with the development of stronger showers in the afternoon, the weather service said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 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

As to whether it was snow or graupel — soft hail — meterologist Lisa Phillips, with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, said she couldn’t confirm without seeing it in person.

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