Global warming could transform Hokkaido’s iconic powdered snow into the wet flakes found on Japan’s main island of Honshu, a study showed.
Winter precipitation is a diverse and not always clear-cut category. You know a snowflake when you see one, but what about sleet versus hail? Even more confusing is graupel, another form of icy rain ...
It’s not snow. It’s not hail. It’s something in-between, and it’s been falling all over the Inland Northwest this week. It’s GRAUPEL. Most folks confuse graupel with hail or snow, but there is a ...