1) Accident-causer 2) Bad driving condition 3) Bad news for drivers 4) Bad weather 5) Brumal precipitation 6) Cause of an accident 7) Cause of slick roads 8) Cause of some skids 9) Cause of windshield clatter 10) Chilling forecast 11) Chilly precipitant 12) Cold drops 13) Cold fall 14) Cold precipitation
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/sleet
1) Ice rain
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/sleet
Sleet is a regionally-variant term that refers to two distinct forms of precipitation: ...
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleet
A type of frozen precipitation, consisting of small transparent pellets.
Found on
http://ggweather.com/glossary.htm
In the United States, frozen raindrops that bound on impact with the ground. Elsewhere, may refer to a mix of rain and snow, a mix of rain and hail, or melting snow.
Found on
http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/glossary/sleet.html
• (n.) Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles. • (n.) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions. • (v. i.) To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.
Found on
http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/sleet/
globular, generally transparent ice pellets that have diameters of 5 mm (0.2 inch) or less and that form as a result of the freezing of raindrops or ... [3 related articles]
Found on
http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/108
Rain drops that freeze into ice pellets before reaching the ground. Sleet usually bounces when hitting a surface and does not stick to objects. Forms when snow enters a warm layer of air above the surface and melts and then enters a deep layer of sub freezing air near the surface and refreezes.
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22268
Sleet intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Sleeted ;
present participle & verbal noun Sleeting .] To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/120
Sleet noun (Gun.) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/120
Precipitation consisting of rain and snow mixed.
Found on
http://www.metcheck.com/OTHER/glossary.asp
See ice pellets.
Found on
http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/s.html
A mixture of rain and snow.
Found on
http://www.quick-facts.co.uk/weather/glossary.html
A type of frozen precipitation, consisting of small pellets produced by the freezing of raindrops as they fall.
Found on
http://www.stormfax.com/wxwords.htm
Rain drops that freeze into ice pellets before reaching the ground. Sleet usually bounces when hitting a surface and does not stick to objects. Forms when snow enters a warm layer of air above the surface and melts and then enters a deep layer of sub freezing air near the surface and refreezes. In Australia, sleet refers to a mixture of rain and sn...
Found on
http://www.timeanddate.com/weather/glossary.html
[
n] - partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow) 2. [v] - precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow
Found on
http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=sleet
(1) (United States) frozen raindrops that bind on impact with the ground (2) (elsewhere) a mix of rain and snow, a mix of rain and hail, or melting snow.
Found on
https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glossary?page=22
Rain and snow being precipitated together.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20784
noun partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
Precipitation composed of already frozen droplets — ice pellets — that bounce on impact. Outside the United States, sleet also refers to precipitation with a mixture of rain and snow or rain and ice pellets or quickly melting snow.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21131
Precipitation consisting of transparent pellets of ice, 5 millimeters or less in diameter. Also called ice pellets. Forms when snow enters a warm layer of air above the surface and melts and then enters a deep layer of sub freezing air on the surface and refreezes.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22280
No exact match found.
