PHOTOS: Mid-May snow irks Ontarians
Digital Reporter
Monday, May 16, 2016, 10:48 AM - Snow fell in parts of Ontario Sunday and many residents are in disbelief with what we hope is the last hurrah of wintry weather.
"Flurries in southern Ontario were caused by a trough associated with a low pressure system," The Weather Network's meteorologist Matt Grinter said. "With the cool temperatures that moved in along with the trough, this allowed for some lake enhancement and for some areas of the region to see a wide variety of winter weather including, snow, graupel, ice pellets and a rain-snow mix."
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What is graupel?
What most people took for hail Sunday, is actually graupel. It forms when supercooled droplets of water are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, creating spongy and soft snow pellets.
Residents across southern Ontario took to Twitter to share photos and video of the unpleasant wintry mix.
Snowball? No. This is a graupel ball made outside our #Oakville Ontario studios. pic.twitter.com/R9r36BQKfx
— Kim MacDonald (@KMacTWN) May 15, 2016
Quick burst of graupel at the @weathernetwork studio in #Oakville #onstorm #onwx pic.twitter.com/GehjgMFgl1
— Matt Grinter (@matt_grinter) May 15, 2016
@weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/aIj0hdDCth
— Igor (@Igor41398523) May 15, 2016
Well, that's kinda unusual; tulip filled with graupel! @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/sHEggB6ewn
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) May 15, 2016
@weathernetwork flurries in Brampton pic.twitter.com/AmxPo5hOgi
— Jomaravilla7 (@JoMaravilla7) May 15, 2016
In case you're wondering what's happening out there. @weathernetwork #haliburton pic.twitter.com/j1G0Bnynyq
— Haliburton Life (@Haliburton_Life) May 15, 2016
@weathernetwork Dark clouds,snow and ice pellets in Niagara. How is this May?? pic.twitter.com/jTbwtkcwhl
— Matt Calvert (@mattvert) May 15, 2016
Snowing in @NiagaraFalls on May 15th! Good thing I haven't taken my snow tires off. @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/I0i03JxRMJ
— Wayne Gates (@Wayne_Gates) May 15, 2016
Snow flurries this late in spring!??? @weathernetwork #onstorm pic.twitter.com/ZhSgPC9Dcu
— Mitch (@FreeToTweet1975) May 15, 2016
@weathernetwork it's snowing and hailing in Brampton Ontario pic.twitter.com/lwMdYHiJQr
— Melinda Hughes (@mel8318) May 15, 2016
@weathernetwork in may? pic.twitter.com/xVy4YdyrEh
— Ashley MacLeod (@NessaRishna) May 15, 2016
@weathernetwork #itsmay pic.twitter.com/82xo4V3xYt
— Susie (@SavingSusie) May 15, 2016
@weathernetwork hail in Vaughan, Ontario pic.twitter.com/1tWlAcUGgf
— Daniel Gaglia (@daniel_gaglia) May 15, 2016
@WeatherHAMILTON @weathernetwork We got graupel in Ancaster pic.twitter.com/2l6SgH74Jy
— Vince Delisi (@vdelisi2718) May 15, 2016
@weathernetwork Hail coming down in Hamilton, On. Moses is doing his happy dance. #niceweatherforSaints pic.twitter.com/5PprQB4JPY
— Wanda Hayward (@HaywardWanda) May 15, 2016
3" of snow mid #May15 2016 ... #onstorm #greyhighlands @weathernetwork @TheFlesherton #seriously pic.twitter.com/dFFl6aPDtR
— Buschbeck Farm (@Buschbeckfarm) May 15, 2016
@weathernetwork woke up to birds singing & SNOW on Sunday May 15. I think I'm still sleeping and having a bad dream pic.twitter.com/rSDUyTXqoG
— Samah Othman (@samahothman2) May 15, 2016
Ice pellets coming down like crazy here in the east end of Toronto right now. Yep, it's mid-May. #onstorm pic.twitter.com/aJtovKcFk5
— George Kourounis (@georgekourounis) May 15, 2016
