In a mostly dry climate, a myth has emerged that it never snows in Los Angeles. It rarely snows. But weather geeks are quick to point to 1949 as an exception that makes the rule. On Jan. 10, 1949, ...

Graupel is a funny sounding word that you sometimes hear meteorologists use, especially during this time of year. In short, graupel is soft, small hail that looks a little bit like sleet but forms in ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — When it gets cold in the region, sometimes you’ll see what looks like Dippin’ Dots collecting on the ground — those round, white pellets of coagulated snow. That’s actually ...

Rochester, NY (WHAM) - The short answer to that question is neither. The soft and crush-able ice pellets that fell today are actually called graupel. These crunchy pieces of snow-like ice typically ...

A vertical wind tunnel has supplied important data to facilitate the prediction of heavy rain, hail, and graupel precipitation. When the low-pressure system dubbed Bernd decided to park itself over ...

It even snowed at the happiest place on earth Wednesday. Disneyland got a momentary snowfall, technically called graupel. Twitter user@laughing_place shared the video, and you can hear the amazement ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (KTXL) — In the fall and winter months, ...

During the fall and spring months, we sometimes see a very specific type of frozen precipitation mix in with very cold rain showers and it’s called graupel. Graupel, also referred to as snow pellets, ...