Sleet

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Sleet refers to two distinct forms of precipitation:

The latter is referred to as sleet mainly by the United States National Weather Service. In some countries, such as Canada and the UK, sleet is not a recognized meteorological term. Environment Canada will call it a mix of snow and rain or "a wintery mix" and will use the term "ice pellets" to describe frozen, granular precipitation.

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