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
Debate over whether it was snow, graupel or accumulated hail that fell on the Hollywood sign.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
