Lexic.us

2. Noun. The result of this process, a small ball of rime. ¹

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Definition of Graupel

1. precipitation consisting of granular snow pellets [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Graupel

Literary usage of Graupel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Analysis of Relationships Between Lightning, Precipitation, and Runoff by James R. Gosz, Douglas I. Moore, Herbert D. Grover (1994)
"In convective updrafts, moisture condenses as the air cools to well below freezing, forming ice crystals and graupel (small hail). ..."

2. The Meteorological Magazine by Great Britain Meteorological Office (1919)
"A few years ago I used to regard graupel as a distinct species of precipitation from hail, and object to the official practice of forecasting it as " hail. ..."

3. The Principles of Aërography by Alexander McAdie (1917)
"These, excluding rime or hoarfrost, which is of the nature of deposition rather than precipitation, are snow, hail, graupel, sleet, and ice-rain. l An ..."

4. The Principles of Aërography by Alexander McAdie (1917)
"D'rect condensation in the free air: Water clouds Ice clouds 3. Indirect condensation in the free air: Rain (Regen) Snow (Schnee) graupel ..."

5. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"The spring maximum, which embraces the four months, February to May; this is almost entirely made up of cases of graupel or soft hail. 2nd. ..."

6. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1885)
"A frosty night followed, and early next day cumulus clouds formed, causing heavy passing showers of sleet and soft hail or graupel. ..."

7. On Hail by Francis Albert Rollo Russell (1893)
"The higher the latitude, the less the fall of hail and the greater the fall of graupel. Since the heaviest hailstorms rarely occur in tropical lowlands, ..."

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