PORTLAND (WGME) --Graupel are soft, small pellets. It does look like hail, but it is different. Also read: Mild start to the ...

Since the rain is not freezing until it reaches the surface, it still falls like regular rain and therefore looks and feels the same until it freezes on the ground. Sleet is made up of ice pellets ...

Since the rain is not freezing until it reaches the surface, it still falls like regular rain and therefore looks and feels the same until it freezes on the ground. Sleet is made up of ice pellets ...

Why does some hail look round and smooth, ... causing them to freeze into ice pellets. ... it will look like smaller hailstones put together.

Since the rain is not freezing until it reaches the surface, it still falls like regular rain and therefore looks and feels the same until it freezes on the ground. Sleet is made up of ice pellets ...