Sleet
Look up sleet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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)[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Glossary: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service". National Weather Service. National Weather Service. 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sleet.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.