While hail only happens in thunderstorms, graupel is versatile enough to show up in both types of storms. It’s more common in ...

A few showers are possible from late morning into Friday night, with an even better chance than Thursday of a some non-accumulating snowflakes, sleet or graupel mixing in. Friday night lows drop ...

What Is Graupel? Understanding snow pellets in weather 01:09. Graupel is a unique type of precipitation, also referred to as soft hail or snow pellets.

The local National Weather Service office recorded a "trace" of snow pellets, or graupel, in Milwaukee on Oct. 12 and 15. News Sports Packers Business Suburbs Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

SPOKANE, Wash. — Those who know me know that "Graupel" might be my favorite weather vocabulary word! Monday afternoon will have a chance to see spotty snow showers or graupel. A fair amount of ...

Graupel forms when falling snowflakes collide with raindrops. The snowflakes get sticky and stick together in a clump of snowflakes. The falling motion rounds off the flakes, and makes a tiny ...

The unusually cold weather hitting California has introduced a new word to many: graupel. That, meteorologists say, is the term for the frozen precipitation reported Wednesday in parts of the ...

However, to be classified as graupel the pellet has to stay under 0.2 inches. Since the water has coated the snow crystal, it is soft due it’s structure.

Graupel particles are “particularly fragile” and disintegrate when handled, the NOAA said. Hail, meanwhile, is made up of frozen raindrops of ice from thunderstorms.

Graupel might be mistaken for snow and hail. Here’s what to know about these soft, crumbly pellets that form when snow crystals fall into supercooled water droplets.