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

“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

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