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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024