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What Was Falling From The Sky???

By Doug Peters
July 20, 2010 Updated Jul 20, 2010 at 3:41 PM EDT

Today (4/27/10) we had some wintry precipitation. Some have called it hail or sleet. The correct term is actually graupel (aka snow pellets). It kind of reminds me of the little Styrofoam pellets found in bean bags.

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