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
The embryos grow into soft ice pellets called graupel, says Sonia Lasher-Trapp, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
From Scientific American • Aug. 11, 2023
Local heavy downpours could last up to 15 minutes and include hail and graupel.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 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
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