The forecast had a chance of snow for this morning. Unfortunately all we’ve gotten so far is some graupel. ❄️
@ronguest I thought north Texas was getting thunderstorms? I’m losing track on which weird weather is landing where. That looks like our weather in northern Illinois at the moment!
@garciabuxton We were! Last night was thunderstorms, tornado warnings and nearly 70F. This morning it is 30F with some graupel and very light snow. Not far from us, though, they’ve had over 1” of snow. 😝
@ronguest I didn’t know what graulpel was, neither did Google Translate, but Oxford Dictionary to the rescue! (I’ve never seen that type of hail).
graupel graupel /ˈɡraʊp(ə)l / ▸ noun [mass noun] small particles of snow with a fragile crust of ice; soft hail. – ORIGIN late 19th century: German Graupel, back-formation from graupeln ‘to hail with soft hailstones’, from Graupe ‘cereal grain’.
@odd I think it is an unusual word. I doubt if most Americans would know the meaning. But it is common enough for meteorologists and those interested in winter weather.
I don’t like the definitions that relate it to hail because it is generally quite small and light and certainly doesn’t do any damage. I tend to relate it more to sleet. But this is probably why I don’t do dictionary work 😉