In the air, it looks like snow.

[FarmboyBill]

On the ground it looks like a gadzillion little pellets 1/2 the size of a BB

[Callieslamb]

Our 2 feet of snow is now covered with a layer of ice. It's really beautiful, but hard walking. Thank goodness the roads have been cleared.

[TheMartianChick]

Originally Posted by FarmboyBill

On the ground it looks like a gadzillion little pellets 1/2 the size of a BB

That sounds like graupel. We tend to get a lot of that early in the winter season.

Graupel