Graupel is also called snow pellets or soft hail, as the graupel particles are particularly fragile and generally disintegrate when handled. Advertisement. Sleet.

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Graupel particles are “particularly fragile” and disintegrate when handled, the NOAA said. Close. Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now. FOX 40 Weather Alerts ...

Graupel is also called "snow pellets" or "soft hail," as the graupel particles are fragile and generally disintegrate when handled, the NOAA says. While we're at it, here's a look at what makes hail.

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Graupel particles are “particularly fragile” and disintegrate when handled, the NOAA said. Hail, meanwhile, is made up of frozen raindrops of ice from thunderstorms.

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The slightly positive ice crystals continue to rise, and the slightly negative graupel particles continue to sink, resulting in the top section of the cumulonimbus being positively charged and the ...

Graupel, also referred to as snow pellets, is different from snowflakes, sleet, and freezing rain. They’re ice particles, usually about the size of a pea, and they require very specific weather ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Soon, the News10NBC First Alert meteorologists will be talking about something called graupel. These are little pellets that fall from the sky and are sometimes referred to as ...

Snowflakes on a window. | Kristina Strasunske/Moment/Getty Images. Snow can also precipitate as graupel or sleet.Not to be confused with hail, graupel (or snow pellets) are opaque ice particles ...