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meow mix

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Mon Dec-29-08 09:10 PM
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its hail foaming in montana

Edited on Mon Dec-29-08 09:10 PM by meow mix

hi,
been a couple days of really warm temps here and all the snow melted almost
now a storm blew in it looked dam close to raining..
instead its hailing.

except now its like hail that is less dense.. kinda like a little chunk of foam. i dunno what you call this stuff.

i hear it did rain in places yesterday keep in mind this is the dead of winter ???
just reporting in =)

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snappyturtle

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Mon Dec-29-08 09:23 PM
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1. Whoa! Strange sounding stuff. When I lived in northern MN we sometimes

had thunder when it snowed. I thought THAT was strange! I love your state....gorgeous!

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Old Codger

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Mon Dec-29-08 09:30 PM
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2. called

Popcorn snow

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chucktaylor

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Mon Dec-29-08 09:33 PM
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3. It might be Graupel. It is a "soft hail" form.

http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/photos/Images06-07/3-27-07,%20Big%20graupel,%20Nalli.jpg

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Jane Austin

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Mon Dec-29-08 09:56 PM
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4. Oobleck? . . . . . n/t

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OKIsItJustMe

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Tue Dec-30-08 12:20 AM
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5. Sounds like "Snow Pellets"

http://www.weather.com/glossary/s.html#snopel

SNOW PELLETS
Frozen precipitation in the form of white, round or conical opaque grains of ice. Their diameter ranges from 0.08 to 0.2 inch (2 to 5 mm). They are easily crushed and generally break up after rebounding from a hard surface, unlike hail. Sometimes it is called small or soft hail. It is reported as "GS" in an observation and on the METAR.

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