January 17, 2003, Newsletter Issue #38: What is sleet?

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Sleet is frozen or partially frozen rain that is hard, clear pellets of ice. They form from water passing through a warm layer of the atmosphere, then into a freezing layer just above the earth´s surface. They are only a small fraction of an inch in size.

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