soft hail

noun

: graupel

Examples of soft hail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some soft hail or graupel may occur later in the afternoon. —Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2024

Small hail and graupel, or soft hail, can be expected with the stronger showers. —Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024

Yes, even homely, lonely graupel — the soft hail that coated parts of Interstate 8 last winter, making driving a white-knuckle affair. —Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2023

That’s why graupel is also known as soft hail or popcorn snow. —Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2023

Scattered rain is expected to fall north of I-80 starting in the afternoon and continuing into the evening — and showers could contain graupel, or soft hail. —Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022

One or two could drop some soft hail. —Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2021

In between, there’s graupel—a kind of soft hail. —Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2022

Graupel is also called snow pellets or soft hail, as the graupel particles are particularly fragile and generally disintegrate when handled. —Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for soft hail

• airmail
• assail
• avail
• bewail
• blackmail
• cattail
• cocktail
• curtail
• derail
• detail
• dovetail
• email