This is not hail, nor is it sleet. This is what is known as graupel. So how do these hail lookalikes form and what makes them special? In the video above, Meteorologist Mitchel Coombs explains the ...

Showers and thunderstorms will persist into the evening generally north of highway 50 with another round tomorrow afternoon.

and how lightning forms." Scientists believe that the initial process for creating charge regions in thunderstorms involves small hail particles known as graupel. "When these graupel particles ...

During the fall and spring months, we sometimes see a very specific type of frozen precipitation mix in with very cold rain showers and it’s called graupel. Graupel, also referred to as snow ...

Conditions throughout the region will be mostly quiet on Monday other than a few small, unstable showers bringing brief heavy rain, graupel, and a few stray lightning strikes.

Behind the front on Monday afternoon, a few convective storms could form in the Denver metro area, Front Range and eastern plains producing thunder, lightning, graupel, small hail and rain.

It might just miss us ... or not. Thanks to Guy for the tip that the National Weather Service is beginning to get a bit ...

Behind the front, a few convective storms could form on the Front Range and eastern plains, producing anything from thunder and lightning, to graupel, small hail and rain. It may not take too long ...

Behind the front on Monday afternoon, storms formed in the Denver metro area, Front Range and Eastern Plains, with potential for thunder, lightning, graupel, small hail and rain. It may not take ...