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tapioca balls swirling across the pavement ~ graupel has fallen We are experiencing inclement weather and have had ‘snow’ in a form I had never seen before, it is like tiny Styrofoam balls or tapioca grains, I googled and discovered it is called graupel, hence the poem 02/09/21

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Jack Horne

Date: 3/15/2021 2:03:00 PM

we didn't even get that - I learnt something about tapioca & polystyrene

Jan Allison
Date: 3/15/2021 2:55:00 PM

It was really bizarre stuff jack never seen 'hail; like it:-) hugs jan xx

Lisle Ryder

Date: 2/19/2021 2:34:00 AM

We had the same deposit. It's good to know it has a name. Thanks Jan.

Jan Allison
Date: 2/19/2021 4:39:00 PM

Thanks Lisle I have never seen it before and had to google to find out what it was called:-) hugs Jan xx

Mark Koplin

Date: 2/13/2021 10:57:00 AM

That's what hail looks like in high altitudes here.

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:34:00 AM

ah right:-) hugs jan xx

Paul Callus

Date: 2/11/2021 2:01:00 PM

Here in Malta we get neither snow nor graupel...but we do get hail. We also get sunshine in February :) This past week has been beautiful! Regards to all ~ Hugs // paul

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:34:00 AM

We've had bitterly cold stormy weather but today and yesterday were lovely spring days:-) hugs jan xx

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 2/11/2021 12:59:00 PM

Wow, I've seen large hail, but it never looked like that, Jan. I hope your weather is improving now. I love this haiku! (Never heard graupel before.) Hugs, Carolyn

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:33:00 AM

This is like soft hail it was lovely to walk in it didnt sting your face!:-) hugs jan xx

Carolyn Devonshire
Date: 2/11/2021 1:01:00 PM

Most of our thunderstorms begin with hail.

Alexis Y.

Date: 2/10/2021 3:52:00 PM

Hi Jan, I've never heard of this before, but I don't get much snow either. It must have been quite the experience:-) Alexis

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:32:00 AM

we rarely get snow too:-) hugs jan xx

Rico Leffanta

Date: 2/10/2021 12:28:00 PM

Polystyrene floating in the ocean is quickly sent aloft by any passing breeze! Aloha! Rico

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:32:00 AM

it was an odd sight Rico:-) :-) hugs jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 2/10/2021 11:47:00 AM

- I've never heard of "graupel" snow ... we had 21 minus degrees early this morning ... and we have lots of snow ... like living in a freezer :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:32:00 AM

Its like soft hail:-) :-) hugs jan xx

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 2/9/2021 11:14:00 PM

Thank God, no snow in Malta. ~~

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:31:00 AM

I don't like snow except on cards:-) hugs jan xx

Arthur Vaso

Date: 2/9/2021 11:08:00 PM

No is the right code now grow up PS

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:31:00 AM

I had a captcha yesterday it said ACE and the poem I was reading was ace lol:-) hugs jan xx

Arthur Vaso

Date: 2/9/2021 11:07:00 PM

LOL

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:31:00 AM

:-) hugs jan xx

Arthur Vaso

Date: 2/9/2021 11:07:00 PM

LOL

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:30:00 AM

Oh Art it's SO good to see you back . Thinking of you :-) :-) hugs jan xx

Judy Ball

Date: 2/9/2021 6:41:00 PM

This is something I never saw before either and I live in Canada where we are no stranger to inclement weather. Really good one here Jan. God Bless, JB

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:30:00 AM

Thanks Judy:-) hugs jan xx

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 2/9/2021 5:58:00 PM

Love how ku’s make great diary-like entries! Great!

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:29:00 AM

You are so right Kim and things that happen to me on a daily basis are often in poem form lol:-) hugs jan xx

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 2/9/2021 5:48:00 PM

Oh my I only saw that once here in Toronto. The weather is definitely changing Jan. So is the world as we know it. Hope your keeping well, :)

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:28:00 AM

I'm so glad others can relate Vie:-) hugs jan xx

Gershon Wolf

Date: 2/9/2021 5:46:00 PM

Thanks for the education, Jan... and here I thought the title meant what guys get when they ride the bicycle too long out in the frigid air (along with frozen popsicle). lol. Thanks, gw

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:28:00 AM

lol GW:-) :-) hugs jan xx

J. Summers

Date: 2/9/2021 4:03:00 PM

Well, thanks much Jan. I’ve seen this before but never knew it had a specific name. I used to think it was a form of sleet but now I know better. John

Jan Allison
Date: 2/17/2021 1:27:00 AM

It was pleasant to walk in not like hard hail!:-) hugs jan xx

Ilene Bauer

Date: 2/9/2021 2:23:00 PM

wow, jan - i have never heard of this before! i guess you're never too old to learn something new. i like your name better!

Jan Allison
Date: 2/9/2021 2:23:00 PM

I had never seen it before nor heard of it either:-) hugs jan xx

Heidi Sands

Date: 2/9/2021 2:19:00 PM

Interesting Jan. I haven't heard that description. I have seen it come down like icy balls as you have put it, but not lately. Well done :)

Jan Allison
Date: 2/9/2021 2:23:00 PM

I have never seen 'snow' like it and was talking with a friend and she described it as polystyrene and it was a perfect description but i wouldnt use it in my poem... just the thought of it sets my teeth on edge lol:-) hugs Jan xx

David Kavanagh

Date: 2/9/2021 1:00:00 PM

Same stuff is falling here Jan last couple of days I thought they where snow grains, but graupel, is just downright rude, icy balls is the correct name, cheers David

Jan Allison
Date: 2/9/2021 1:37:00 PM

lol definitely icy balls lol, it is something we have never seen before and it was swirling on the road and pavement... least it doesn't hurt like hail, we went walking in it lol:-) hugs Jan xx