How to Use graupel in a Sentence

graupel

noun
  • Small hail and graupel, or soft hail, can be expected with the stronger showers.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Given very cold air aloft, some of this may fall as graupel or even some snowflakes.
    Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022
  • If the updrafts are strong enough and last long enough, the graupel can keep growing and become denser.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2023
  • What starts in the clouds as snow can fall as sleet, rain, freezing rain, or even graupel (snowflakes pocked with rime ice).
    Geoff Fox, Slate Magazine, 3 Jan. 2018
  • Portland could see anything from rain, a rain/snow mix, hail, and graupel.
    oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The snow line will once again fall to around 500 feet this morning, leading to snow showers and graupel along most of the hillsides.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The snow line will fall to around 800 feet just before sunrise, leading to snow showers and graupel along most of the hillsides.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Some of our cooler areas could even see a few ice pellets or graupel mix in with the showers.
    Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Portland should just see cold rain, but stronger showers could bring hail or graupel.
    oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Given a low freezing level, there could be some soft hail or graupel mixed in as well.
    Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022
  • My face was fine, albeit graupel-scratched, but my wrist was throbbing hard enough to make holding a pole painful.
    Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Leatherwood said that some showers might contain graupel, or soft hail, and that wind gusts will reach up to 40 miles per hour.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Closer to home, a couple quick spritzes of graupel and snowflakes have been happening.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Perhaps even some pellets of graupel or snow grains mixing in.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • This morning’s cold front passage offered a few quick showers, some of which were mixed with graupel.
    Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Local heavy downpours could last up to 15 minutes and include hail and graupel.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • Hailstones begin as embryos, which include graupel or sleet, and then grow in size.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Some of the foothills along Highway 1 from Pacifica to Pescadero will see graupel accumulate and create a scene that looks a lot like snow.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Heavier showers could bring hail or graupel and rumbles of thunder.
    oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2023
  • A couple showers of rain, snow or graupel are possible.
    Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2021
  • More on the storms The last in a series of winter storms moved out with a blast, bringing hail and graupel to many communities and plunging snow levels to 1,000 feet in some areas.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Another round of heavy showers will arrive by tonight, some of it turning into brief snow and graupel along the Oakland and Berkeley hills.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Phoenix typically sees a lot of graupel in the wintertime, Whittock said.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
  • As the cold air sticks around throughout the morning, there is also a slight possibility of graupel, or a few snowflakes falling as low as sea level.
    oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Thunderstorms with a considerable amount of graupel are moving north through the Loveland and Fort Collins areas.
    Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Tiny pellets of ice, called graupel, may shower down during intense burst of snow, but a few hailstones of pea or even dime size could occur in the most intense thundersnow.
    Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • The cold, combined with rain, graupel and snow from an overnight winter storm created icy roads in Kansas City’s Northland and led to crashes early in Wednesday morning’s commute.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Wednesday’s storm was the last in a series and moved out of Southern California with a blast, bringing hail and graupel to many communities and plunging snow levels to 1,000 feet in some areas.
    Nathan Solisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Thunderstorms were expected across the region throughout the afternoon, possibly bringing hail and graupel with it, the post said.
    The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024

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