tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706799725776420299.post8353073476829277660..comments2023-10-11T08:53:44.814-05:00Comments on Geology in Motion: What should I call this "snow"? Rimed? Ice pellets?Susan W. Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703399168416944593noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706799725776420299.post-9307512706642668022013-01-14T18:09:47.249-06:002013-01-14T18:09:47.249-06:00I can think of two possibilities: first the clumps...I can think of two possibilities: first the clumps of snowflakes didn't completely collapse, so the overgrowths may represent remnant fragments of broken flakes. The second (and it seems to me, more likely) possibilities is that the pellets formed high enough that as they completed their fall, still more ice crystals, "frost," grew on them by direct vapor to solid crystallization. Not sure, but either seems possible. Here's an even more extreme example: http://www.top-wetter.de/lexikon/g/graupel.htm (Text in German.)Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960762797349483760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706799725776420299.post-26949839325592681232013-01-14T17:55:26.085-06:002013-01-14T17:55:26.085-06:00Wow, that was fast (I'm having trouble figurin...Wow, that was fast (I'm having trouble figuring out how to answer a comment, so my reply might appear twice). I should have mentioned that I did look at graupel, and I agree that it's the closest, but the photos that I found didn't have the overgrowths of small crystals on the bigger grains. So, I was wondering what they tell us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706799725776420299.post-10142303845421360872013-01-14T17:46:23.079-06:002013-01-14T17:46:23.079-06:00Try graupel- that's what it looks like to me. ...Try graupel- that's what it looks like to me. It's one of the most common forms of cold weather precip around here, but is often mistaken for sleet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graupel A Google image search matches pretty well, too.Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960762797349483760noreply@blogger.com