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What is grauple?


A.J

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  • Location: Sunderland
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  • Location: Sunderland
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Hi,

I've seen this term mentioned several times before in the forum, but I'm not exactly sure what it is......Is it like sleet, or ice pellets?......The reason I ask is that I was driving back from cannock earlier this afternoon, and there was a sudden shower of what I can only describe as 'hard' snow....It was bouncing off the road and then laying, but was splatting on my windscreen like normal snow would do...Is that grauple?......(if its any help, it was about 7 degrees at the time)

Cheers :D

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  • Location: Sunderland
  • Weather Preferences: Hot Summer, Snowy winter and thunderstorms all year round!
  • Location: Sunderland
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Yes, sounds like graupel or soft hail to me :doh:

More info on it here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graupel

Thanks for the link Paul......I think thats what it was :)

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