Sleet
Sleet is defined as pellets of ice composed of frozen or mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen partially melted snowflakes. These pellets of ice usually bounce after hitting the ground or other hard surfaces.
Sleet A type of precipitation consisting of transparent pellets of ice 5 millimeters or less in diameter. Same as ice pellets.
Sleet
Depending on the region, precipitation of rain or snow mixed, or rain and hail, or rain and ice pellets, or melting snow, or sudden and brief rainfall with wind and hail.
SLEET- Ice Pellets, rain that freezes before reaching earth's surface
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SLEET - Solid grains of ice which form from the freezing of raindrops or the refreezing of melted snowflakes. These small, transparent ice pellets usually bounce when they hit a hard surface.
sleet—See ice pellets.
smog—A mixture of smoke and fog.
smoke—A restriction to visibility resulting from combustion.
Sleet- Rain drops that freeze into ice pellets before reaching the ground. Sleet usually bounces when hitting a surface and does not stick to objects.
Sleet - raindrops that freeze before hitting the earth.
Snow - Large flat ice crystals that hook onto each other and make white flakes.
SLEET: A type of frozen precipitation, consisting of small pellets produced by the freezing of raindrops as they fall.
SNOW: A type of frozen precipitation composed white translucent ice crystals in complex hexagonal forms.
Sleet- Precipitation consisting of ice particles formed when raindrops freeze.
Smog- Air pollution caused by a mixture of smoke and fog.
Snow- Precipitation consisting of clumps of ice crystals.
Sleet Warning - It's issued when accumulations of sleet in excess of a half inch are expected. This is very rare.
Slush - It's snow or ice on the ground that has been reduced to a soft, watery mixture by rain or warm temperatures.
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2) Sum total for monthSMAThe Soil Moisture Accounting Model.Small CraftThere is no precise definition for small craft.
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ICE STORM
A severe weather condition characterized by falling freezing precipitation. Such a storm forms a glaze on objects, creating hazardous travel conditions and utility problems.
Issued when seven or more inches of snow or sleet is expected in the next 24 hours. A warning is used for winter weather conditions posing a threat to life and property.
Mixed PrecipitationAny of the following combinations of freezing and frozen precipitation: snow and sleet, snow and freezing rain, or sleet alone. Rain may also be present.
PrecipitationThe process where water vapor condenses in the atmosphere to form water droplets that fall to the Earth as rain, sleet, snow, hail, etc.
Acid PrecipitationPrecipitation, such as rain, snow or sleet, containing relatively high concentrations of acid-forming chemicals that have been released into the atmosphere and combined with water vapor; harmful to the environment.
Sleet Frozen or partly frozen rain. Sling psychrometer Psychrometer to which a small chain or rotary handle is attached so that the observer can rotate the instrument rapidly to properly ventilate the thermometer bulbs.
CRSConsole Replacement System for NOAA Weather RadioCryologyThe science of the physical aspects of snow, ice, hail, and sleet and other forms of water produced by temperatures below Zero degrees Celsius.
Water falls from the clouds as rain, hail, sleet, graupel, snow, etc., and runs off and through soils to form creeks, streams, rivers, and lakes. In its solid form, it is referred to as ice or snow. Water as a liquid and as ice covers 70.
This includes snow, rain, sleet, freezing rain, hail, and virga. Precipitation is a major part of the hydrologic cycle, and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the planet.
If the air passes over the sea (or similarly warm surface), then the sensible flux of heat to the air above will raise the ZDL, perhaps tipping the balance towards rain or sleet, ...
A disturbance of the atmosphere marked by wind and usually by rain, snow, hail, sleet, or thunder and lightning. In marine usage, winds 48 knots (55 mph) or greater.
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precipitation: any form of water particles that fall from the clouds and reach the ground. Examples are rain, snow, sleet, and hail. Fog, dew, frost, and clouds are not forms of precipitation.
Precipitation - The precipitation of water from the atmosphere in the form of hail, mist, rain, sleet, and snow. Deposits of dew, fog, and frost are excluded.
Ice pellets Frozen raindrops that bounce on impact with the ground; also called sleet.
Sleet: Pellets of ice that form when rain or melting snowflakes freeze while falling. (Occurs in cold weather; hail usually occurs in summer.)
Freezing Rain: Rain that turns to ice on impact with the surface.
Rain: Extended period of precipitation.
Snippin This term is used by the English and Scottish to refer to a type of biting snow, usually composed of small, wind-driven snow crystals or sleet which stings when they strike exposed skin such as the face or hands.
of snow encased in a thin layer of ice which have formed from the freezing of droplets intercepted by pellets or water resulting from the partial melting of pellets. It is reported as "PE" in an observation and on the METAR. Related term: sleet ...
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