graupel
Origin of graupel
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How to use graupel in a sentence
A stray shower can’t be ruled out — perhaps even a couple snowflakes or grains of frozen graupel mixed in somewhere nearby.
D.C.-area forecast: Wind chills in the 30s today but plentiful sunshine may help a bit | A. Camden Walker | November 19, 2021 | Washington PostFrom the base local showers of rain or snow, occasionally of hail or graupel, usually fall.
Meteorology | Charles Fitzhugh Talman
British Dictionary definitions for graupel
/ (ˈɡraʊpəl) /
soft hail or snow pellets
Origin of graupel
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Scientific definitions for graupel
[ grou′pəl ]
A small, white ice particle that falls as precipitation and breaks apart easily when it lands on a surface. Also called snow pellet soft hail
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