PORTLAND (WGME) --Graupel are soft, small pellets. It does look like hail, but it is different. How did they get to look like this though? Graupel begins as snow, which then falls through a layer ...

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While hail, sleet and the lesser-known graupel look the same, they’re all a little different. Sleet forms as rain that refreezes on its way to the ground, but hail takes shape within the clouds. Hail ...

the News10NBC First Alert meteorologists will be talking about something called graupel. These are little pellets that fall from the sky and are sometimes referred to as soft hail. If you look ...

We will see snow, rain, sleet, freezing rain, graupel, and hail...but what is the difference between all of these main precipitation types? It can be important to know the difference, especially ...

While hail, sleet and the lesser-known graupel look the same, they’re all a little different. Sleet forms as rain that refreezes on its way to the ground, but hail takes shape within the clouds.