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graupel
Also known as soft hail, snow pellets, hominy snow
alt=|thumb|Graupel pellets in the morning, having fallen the previous day
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alt=|thumb|Graupel pellets in the morning, having fallen the previous day
Graupel (; ), also called soft hail or hominy snow or granular snow or snow pellets or popcorn snow, is precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets in air are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, forming balls of crisp, opaque rime.