graupel

Example Sentences

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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

Hailstones begin as embryos, which include graupel or sleet, and then grow in size.

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

As these icy particles bump into one another, they transfer electrical charges: the larger graupel tend to become negatively charged, whereas the smaller ice crystals end up with a positive charge.

From Scientific American • Aug. 2, 2022