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Graupel: snow pellets with a coating
Graupel forms when supercooled water droplets coat a snowflake, and the word comes from the German for pearl barley; the barley did not ask for this.
On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on The Weekend ShiftPublished
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- First reported by en.wiktionary.org: “graupel”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 1:42 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGraupel. Grow. Pul. It's a noun, and it means snow pellets, formed when supercooled water droplets coat a snowflake.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn a sentence: the graupel bounced off Brock's windbreaker for an hour.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOh, I love that. Graupel is the name of my next vision board. It's about growth. You can hear it.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's frozen water on a snowflake, Vera. It bounced off Brock for an hour. That's its whole career.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy podcast's third season is going to be called Graupel. Pellets, Hank. Pellets of frozen water. I find that deeply moving, and I am not ashamed of it.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou have, I think, four listeners. Three of them are your mother.
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