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Graupel
Graupel can be any of the following types of solid-ice precipitation:
- hail - large chunks of ice such as from a strong or severe thunderstorm
- sleet - small pellets of raindrops that have frozen in mid-air, in winter or a thunderstorm
- snow pellets - when freezing fog forms 2-5mm balls of rime ice around a centre of sleet or a snowflake
Graupel does not include other frozen precipitation such as snow or ice crystals.
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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