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. High above ...

As the flakes fall ... a key difference between graupel and sleet,” explains weather.com senior meteorologist Jon Erdman. “Sleet is precipitation that starts as snow, melts completely while ...

As the snow melts, it cools the atmosphere, allowing some flakes or graupel to reach the ground in the higher elevations. We call this evaporative cooling. Thursday and Friday look bright and more ...

According to Dr. Masaru Emoto from Japan, the formation of ice crystals and snow flakes is influenced by different environmental conditions, pollution, human thought and even music. According to Dr.

Global warming could transform Hokkaido’s iconic powdered snow into the wet flakes found on Japan ... the percentage of rimed crystals and graupel, or soft hail, which are formed when ...

Another punch of chillier air will arrive on Wednesday. This will bring a burst of snow showers mixed with graupel at times, especially late morning into the early afternoon. Meanwhile ...

But first, it's another wet and dreary Monday. We had several reports in the morning of light snow mixed with sleet and graupel. While we don't expect any significant accumulation or impacts from ...