While graupel fell on Tuesday night, Michels said it’d be rare to see it for the rest of the week with colder systems. Graupel isn’t normal or common, but it is a possibility every year in Denver.

Graupel was also observed in Malibu on Wednesday at just 540 feet above sea level, and the National Weather Service said snow or graupel fell last week near the Hollywood sign on Mount Lee.

Graupel is not considered particularly hazardous, but it can create dangerous conditions during the winter season. If a layer of snow is followed by a thick layer of graupel, ...

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 snowflakes become coated with ice. Like hail, graupel can occur at any temperature, Patterson said. However, because part of the cloud needs to hit freezing for graupel to ...

Graupel is a unique type of precipitation, also referred to as soft hail or snow pellets. We will follow the journey of precipitation falling to the surface to understand how it forms.

With temperatures in the low 50s, this is a graupel and/or hail mixture, not snow. If it’s soft/wet, it’s graupel. If it’s hard/solid, it’s hail,” officials said on Twitter.

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.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Graupel is a weather phenomenon that often gets mistaken for snow, but it’s actually quite different. Sometimes referred to as “ice pellets,” graupel has a distinct texture ...

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.