PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - During the winter and early spring, you may notice a type of precipitation called graupel ...

It’s a bird, it’s a plane… no wait, is it hail? No. It’s GRAUPEL. From the German word translating roughly to "pearl barley," ...

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.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Scattered rain, snow and graupel moved across the region Monday afternoon with some thunder and lightning. For those traveling in the evening, take it easy on the roads!

Rain and freezing rain are on the way later Wednesday, with all-day-long cloudy skies and temperatures in the 30s.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Graupel is a weather phenomenon that often gets mistaken for snow, but it’s actually quite different. Sometimes referred to as “ice pellets,” graupel has a distinct texture ...

Lastly, hail is NOT a type of winter weather. It only forms in strong to severe thunderstorms. We’ll have more on both graupel and hail in future installments of “Weather Word of the Week.” ...

On Wednesday at 2:21 a.m. an updated winter weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until 10 a.m. for South Central Oregon Coast and Curry County Coast.