1. Soft, granular pellets of ice formed when supercooled water droplets freeze on falling snow or rain; also called soft hail.
Usage: Plural form; meteorological term; Also used as uncountable noun in weather contexts

1. To fall as graupel; to produce or form graupel.
Usage: Third-person singular present tense or plural form of the verb 'graupel'; Meteorological/technical usage

Examples

• The forecast predicted graupels would fall throughout the afternoon.
• During the winter storm, graupels accumulated on the windshield.
• When it graupels, the precipitation looks like tiny white pellets.
• The meteorologist explained that graupels form under specific atmospheric conditions.
• Drivers had to be cautious as graupels made the roads slippery.
• The weather station recorded graupels mixed with rain.