Wednesday Word: Graupel
Graupel - noun.
Did you know that hail has a tiny little cousin? I've lived in Canada my whole life and didn't know there was a name for the tiny pellets of snow that are too large to be snowflakes and too small to be proper hail. Graupel can be present during thunderstorms or snowstorms.
By Famartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
Did you know that hail has a tiny little cousin? I've lived in Canada my whole life and didn't know there was a name for the tiny pellets of snow that are too large to be snowflakes and too small to be proper hail. Graupel can be present during thunderstorms or snowstorms.
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By Famartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link