ice pellets
Americanplural noun
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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
In Canada, ice pellets and freezing rain were forecast overnight after parts of southern Ontario were blanketed in snow during the evening rush hour on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2023
Farther north, Canada’s weather and climate agency said that storm conditions would bring a wintry mix of snow and ice pellets to southern Ontario late Wednesday and into Thursday.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
Instead, the Sounders’ game against Real Salt Lake was merely delayed two hours while freezing rain formed a sheet of ice pellets on the Rio Tinto Stadium field.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2022
When he’d opened the door, the ground had been covered in golf-ball-size ice pellets for as far as he could see.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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