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How snow starts off as sleet?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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Sleet starts as snow, then falls through a layer of the atmosphere that is above freezing whereupon it melts into rain. Finally, it falls back into colder air and refreezes as ice pellets (sleet) before reaching the ground.

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