soft hail
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soft hail
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Graupel, also known as snow pellets or soft hail, forms when water droplets freeze onto a snow crystal, according to the National Weather Service.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024
As to whether it was snow or graupel — soft hail — meterologist Lisa Phillips, with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, said she couldn’t confirm without seeing it in person.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 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
There was even a dusting of snow or graupnel — a sort of soft hail — Thursday morning in the hills near the Hollywood sign, although it quickly vanished.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023
Precipitation occurred on twenty-one days, mostly in the form of snow and soft hail.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
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