Sleet
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Sleet is a regionally variant term for two distinct forms of precipitation:
- Rain and snow mixed, snow that partially melts as it falls (UK, Ireland, and most Commonwealth countries)
- Ice pellets, one of three forms of precipitation in "wintry mixes", the other two being snow and freezing rain (United States, Canada)
- It is very slippery and dangerous
- skewing is done during this time
- so cars etc don't take risk and thick boots are worn