Los Angeles and Southern California were hit with hail, light snow and even graupel today from the California storm.
The NWS says you can tell graupel and hail apart because you can crush the former in your hands. It requires cold temperatures near the ground because the supercooled water droplets attach themselves to snowflakes, creating an icy coating, according to the
. While snow and graupel require cold temperatures near the ground, hail doesn't. Instead, hail develops when updrafts send ice pellets into cold air aloft.
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