Was the white stuff found near the Hollywood sign on Thursday snow — or graupel or accumulated hail? There was debate.

Was the white stuff found near the Hollywood sign on Thursday snow — or graupel or accumulated hail? There was debate.

Northern Kentucky saw something unique on Tuesday: Was it sleet, graupel or hail? The latest weather forecast from WCPO's 9 First Warning Weather team.

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Sleet and graupel also form in very different atmospheric environments, so while they can seem similar without taking a close look at them, hail, sleet, and graupel are all different phenomena.

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It wasn't only graupel; sleet, hail and rain also fell from the heavens Tuesday. All frozen precipitation, including graupel, is categorized as snow in NWS records, according to Campbell.