The word "sleet" comes from Middle English word "slete", which is believed to have originated from Old English word "slyht". This term describes a mix of snow and rain or ice pellets.
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Rain, snow or sleet formed by the condensation of water vapour
No. Sleet is a form of winter precipitation. Some thunderstorms, however, produce hail, which is sometimes confused with sleet.
The African savanna grasslands get no sleet.
Sleet is a type of frozen precipitation that consists of small ice pellets. Individual sleet pellets typically have a diameter of 0.2 to 0.4 inches.
A common symbol for sleet is a mixture of snowflake and raindrop icons. It is typically depicted as small white dots connected by vertical lines to represent frozen rain reaching the ground.