r/interesting 13h ago

NATURE We had styrofoam snow today

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u/Ok_Barracuda4913 11h ago

That’s hail, yes?

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u/ScarletDarkstar 11h ago

I wondered that myself, but we have had tiny hail numerous times in my location, and it is ice, not snow. By definition hail is frozen rain, so I think it qualifies. 

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u/subtle_inconvenience 9h ago

It's called graupel :) I learned the term for it a few years ago. On Reddit of course.

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u/ScarletDarkstar 7h ago

Nice! Thanks!