Ice pellets

Ice pellets on the ground

Ice pellets are known as sleet in North America, and hail in Great Britain. They are a type of frozen precipitation, little balls of ice. Large ice pellets are called hailstones.^[1]^[2] Sometimes, ice pellets bounce when they hit the ground.

Ice Pellets Media

Temperature profile for ice pellet formation
Ice pellets next to a U.S. penny (19.05 mm diameter) for scale

References

↑ "Hail (glossary entry)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
↑ "Sleet (glossary entry)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. Retrieved 2007-03-20.

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[1] "Hail (glossary entry)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. Retrieved 2007-03-20.

[2] "Sleet (glossary entry)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. Retrieved 2007-03-20.

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