How to Use graupel in a Sentence

graupel

noun
  • Given very cold air aloft, some of this may fall as graupel or even some snowflakes.
    — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Portland should just see cold rain, but stronger showers could bring hail or graupel.
    — oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Portland could see anything from rain, a rain/snow mix, hail, and graupel.
    — oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Given a low freezing level, there could be some soft hail or graupel mixed in as well.
    — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Perhaps even some pellets of graupel or snow grains mixing in.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Small hail and graupel, or soft hail, can be expected with the stronger showers.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Some of our cooler areas could even see a few ice pellets or graupel mix in with the showers.
    — Washington Post, 24 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
  • Closer to home, a couple quick spritzes of graupel and snowflakes have been happening.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Hailstones begin as embryos, which include graupel or sleet, and then grow in size.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • This morning’s cold front passage offered a few quick showers, some of which were mixed with graupel.
    — Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Heavier showers could bring hail or graupel and rumbles of thunder.
    — oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Local heavy downpours could last up to 15 minutes and include hail and graupel.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • 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
  • Some snow grains or graupel could fall from the heaviest activity.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Lightning occurs when rain, ice crystals and a type of hail called graupel collide in a thunderstorm cloud.
    — Chris Vagasky, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
  • The process of creating hail is similar to the process of creating graupel.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Some showers could see graupel or wet snow mixed in, especially in northern to western areas.
    — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Skies are generally sunny, although morning and midday clouds could bubble up and yield a stray raindrop or graupel shower.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Some spots, especially at higher elevations, could see a few ice pellets or graupel mixing in with raindrops.
    — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Some neighborhoods saw very little graupel while ground in downtown Boise was covered with the tiny frozen pellets, Groenert said.
    — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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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