Unlike hail or sleet, graupel is soft and can be crushed easily in your hand, and is sometimes called "soft hail." It is also usually smaller than hail, with a diameter of around 0.08-0.2 inches.

Sleet is ice pellets or granulates of frozen rain, and occurs when rain falls through the air with temperatures below freezing, according to the NWS.

How much snow and sleet and ice: Credit: WFMY Remember, we're really not calling this a "snowstorm" - more of a "winter storm". The reason being, we're going to see snow and sleet, plus freezing rain.

Forecasting snow verses sleet verses freezing rain can be a big challenge, as only a couple of degrees difference can make all the difference for driving conditions and power outage potential.

Sleet is slightly different. In the case of sleet, some layer in the middle of the cake slice was above freezing or greater than 32 degrees.

Sleet will look like a mini ice cube. Convection is common when graupel is forming. This means you could have lightning and thunder during a graupel shower. Keep your eye on the window.

Sleet occurs during winter precipitation events. Usually you have warmer air riding up over colder air, providing much more gentle lift than what you'll see in a thunderstorm's updraft.

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