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Unlike sleet and graupel, a hailstone contains a snowy center, surrounded by clear ice, or when large, by several layers of alternately clear and snowy ice.— Modern Mechanix
Collisions between the rising water drops and the snow particles produce little grains of snowy ice, or graupel.— Modern Mechanix
While boulder hopping around the lake we quickly took shelter, putting on rain jackets to fend off the graupel pelting down.— GJSentinel - Latest News Headlines
By the afternoon, dark clouds loomed on the horizon and before we knew it, we were in the middle of a thunderstorm -- complete with heavy snow, thunder and sometimes, graupel -- a combination of snow and hail.— TheDenverChannel.com - Local News
It's not snow that's falling, it's "graupel," according to the National Weather Service.— IndyStar.com Top Stories

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