JOURNALING (on tags) – “It looks like “Dippin’ Dots” falling from the sky.” It’s sometimes called soft hail or snow pellets, but it is neither.
Reynoldsburg OH 4/7/22
It forms in all thunderstorms but usually melts into rain before it hits the ground.
Graupel are soft small pellets of ice created when supercooled water droplets coat a snowflake.
CREDITS: PHOTO – by me; KIT – “My Inner Peace”, Tracie Stroud; FONT – Calisto MT
