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'''Sleet''' are frozen [[rain|raindrops]] that leave a [[cloud]] as [[snow]], melt as they pass
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'''Sleet''' is a form of [[precipitation]] consisting of frozen [[rain]]drops that leave a [[cloud]] as [[snow]], melt as they pass
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through a layer of warm air and refreeze as they pass through a cold air layer
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through a layer of warm [[air]], and refreeze as they pass through a cold air layer near the ground.
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near the ground.
 
  
 
[[Category:Meteorology]]
 
[[Category:Meteorology]]

Latest revision as of 06:52, July 12, 2016

Sleet is a form of precipitation consisting of frozen raindrops that leave a cloud as snow, melt as they pass through a layer of warm air, and refreeze as they pass through a cold air layer near the ground.