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Actually they are the same; sleet is frozen rain, or ice pellets. This is not to be confused with FREEZING rain, which is rain that freezes near the ground level if it is colder than above. Sleet is already frozen when it hits.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 6y agoSleet is a mixture of snowflakes and rain. Frozen rain is known as hail or hailstones.
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What is three types of precipitation?
The 4 main precipitaions are rain, hail, sleek and snow
What causes rain sleet snow and hail?
Precipitation is what causes rain, sleet, snow, and hail.:)
What the difference between snow sleet and hail?
Snowflakes are lighter than the more frozen denser hail.
Which is an example of preciptation?
In regards to weather, precipitation is rain,snow,sleet etc
What are facts about sleet?
sleet is made of rain and snow. it can happen anytime not just winter.sleet is freezing rain
What are Frozen drops of rain that fall as pellets of ice and water?
This is frozen rain, which can be part of an ice storm. (Sleet is rain that freezes into ice pellets as it falls.)
What is another name for frozen rain?
Sleet.
When rain is half frozen what is it called?
Sleet
What is the name for half frozen rain or half frozen snow?
sleet i guess----------------------The above 'sleet' is correct for half frozen rain (that is falling). However half melted snow (on the ground) is called 'slush'.
Rain that has become frozen into small ice pellets is called?
Hail or sleet.
Which is formed when frozen rain is coated with water and refreezes?
sleet
What is the name of half frozen rain or half melted snow?
sleet
What are the pellets of frozen rain called as?
Hail is frozen rain, but it is made by accretion high in the clouds. Rain that freezes on its way down to the surface is called sleet.
What is frozen mix when talking about weather?
a mix of freezing rain, sleet, snow
What are rain snow sleet and hail example of?
cold things that fall out of the sky while its winter
What is a kind of rain but the drops are ice?
Frozen raindrops are sleet, individual pellets of ice.Snow is formed by ice crystals that form around a particle of dust.Hail is a ball of frozen ice that accumulates by layers in a thunderstorm.
What is a cross between a snowstorm clouds and rain?
snow + rain = sleet
