We're all familiar with rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain around here. However, there is another form of wintry precipitation we rarely talk about and had today: Graupel.
Graupel is formed by a collection of super-cooled raindrops freezing around a snowflake. It is softer than sleet and hail and more opaque (white) than sleet. It's also very soft, which is one way you can tell it's not hail.
They are similar in appearance to Dippin' Dots, if you're familiar with those.
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