This is not hail, nor is it sleet. This is what is known as graupel. So how do these hail lookalikes form and what makes them special? In the video above, Meteorologist Mitchel Coombs explains the ...

Graupel is often mistaken for sleet or small ... It tends to bounce or make a 'ping' sound when it hits, say, your driveway or car top. Grapuel, however, forms when water droplets freeze onto ...

During the fall and spring months, we sometimes see a very specific type of frozen precipitation mix in with very cold rain showers and it’s called graupel. Graupel, also referred to as snow ...

While hail only happens in thunderstorms, graupel is versatile enough to show up in both types of storms. It’s more common in ...

Snow will tapering to snow showers and end overnight in most spots. Brisk and cool on Monday with gusts up to 35 mph. Next weather maker arrives next weekend. Snow, heavy at times into this ...

Another round of gusty to strong winds is expected tomorrow. There are also going to be scattered snow/graupel/rain showers around tonight and tomorrow.