It's not snow that's falling, it's "graupel," according to the National Weather Service. From Wordnik.com. [IndyStar.com Top Stories] Reference
"graupel", a German term, in which the au is pronounced like ou in "out". From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mechanix] Reference
Rate-dependent melting is calculated for size-resolved ice and graupel. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit] Reference
And where does the small scale information for the heating humidity, graupel, etc. come from?. From Wordnik.com. [Exponential Growth in Physical Systems #2 « Climate Audit] Reference
Snow depths in the model are calculated from size-resolved ice and graupel falling to the lowest model layer. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit] Reference
Size- and composition-resolved interstitial aerosol-liquid, aerosol-ice, and aerosol-graupel coagulation within and below cloud are treated. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit] Reference
Each size bin of each liquid, ice, and graupel hydrometeor distributions contains a core of black carbon, if present, for optical calculations. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit] Reference
Thus, for example, liquid-ice coagulation results in a graupel particle that contains the aerosol components in the original liquid and ice particles. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit] Reference
Cloud spectral optical depths are calculated as the sum of spectral optical depths of size-bin-resolved liquid, ice, and graupel in each nested grid of each nested layer. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit] Reference
Size-resolved liquid-liquid, liquid ice, ice-ice, liquid-graupel, ice-graupel, and graupel-graupel coagulation is treated in each grid cell of each nested grid of each nested layer. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit] Reference
Nitric oxide emission from lightning is calculated prognostically by solving for the number of bounceoffs following collision among size-resolved ice-ice, ice-graupel, and ice-graupel interactions. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit] Reference
When explicit thermodynamics is treated, water vapor, size- and composition-resolved aerosol particles, and size- and composition-resolved cloud liquid, ice, and graupel and their aerosol core components are transported in three dimensions with predicted horizontal and vertical velocities. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit] Reference
Also, according to Wikipedia, graupel "will typically fall apart when touched," and while that might make "graupel George" a fitting nickname in the context of his previous Roubaix attempts, Hincapie really needs a nickname that's going to allude to his strengths rather than underscore his weaknesses. From Wordnik.com. [What's In A Name: The Key to Victory] Reference
Collisions between the rising water drops and the snow particles produce little grains of snowy ice, or graupel. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mechanix] Reference
While boulder hopping around the lake we quickly took shelter, putting on rain jackets to fend off the graupel pelting down. From Wordnik.com. [GJSentinel - Latest News Headlines] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mechanix] Reference
Then the real warmth arrives for the weekend - 71 degrees on Thursday, around 80 degrees from Friday through Monday, and no more precipitation, including graupel. From Wordnik.com. [IndyStar.com Top Stories] Reference
I put on sunblock yesterday, and used it for an hour or two, before being garnished with snowflakes and graupel, riding through medium-light powder, and over "Sierra cement" by turns. From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
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