Sleet
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Sleet is a regionally variant term for some forms of precipitation:
- Ice pellets, pellets of ice composed of frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes (United States)[1]
- Rain and snow mixed, snow that partially melts as it falls (UK, Ireland, and most Commonwealth countries)[2]
- Glaze, a smooth coating of ice formed on objects by freezing rain.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Glossary: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service". National Weather Service. National Weather Service. 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ^ a b "Sleet - meteorology". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
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