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What type of systems produce winter storms?

Winter storms form when cold, polar air masses collide with warmer air masses, creating a temperature contrast that leads to the development of low-pressure systems. These low-pressure systems can bring snow, sleet, freezing rain, and high winds, resulting in winter weather phenomena like blizzards and ice storms.


What kind of storms does a tundra have?

A tundra can experience various types of storms, including snowstorms, blizzards, and windstorms. These storms can bring heavy snowfall, strong winds, and extremely cold temperatures, which can impact the delicate tundra ecosystem.


Rain that has become frozen into small ice pellets is called?

Hail or sleet.


How is sleet diffferent from hail?

Sleet is a weather phenomenon that occurs mostly in winter storms. The clouds where the sleet falls from are warmer than the air below. The sleet begins as rain and, as it falls, freezes, becoming rather small ice pellets. Hail, on the other hand, is a weather phenomenon occurring in summer storms. Rain falls from the warmer bottom of storm clouds. Updrafts in the storm lift the rain to the upper, colder regions of the storm clouds, causing the rain to freeze. As the newly formed hail falls, it gathers more moisture, then is caught in another updraft, lifting it up to freeze again. Each time this happens, the hail becomes larger. Normally, hail cycles through a few updrafts before falling, resulting in pea sized hail. During larger storms, especially those that spawn tornadoes, the updrafts are stronger and can cause much larger hail. Aside from these two is freezing rain. This occurs when the ground is at a freezing temperature and the air is warmer. Rain falls and freezes instantly, causing a sheet of dangerous ice on streets, sidewalks, power lines, etc..


How do you eat sleet?

Sleet is not meant to be eaten as it is a type of precipitation consisting of ice pellets. Eating sleet can be harmful to your teeth and potentially lead to injuries in your mouth. It is recommended to avoid consuming sleet.