Good Nasty Sunday Morning

[stuveltje]

Morning all we have minus -C temp here in holland in daytime, but now snow, i am still some where struggling around!
I wish you all a great day and eve, btw what is "sleet"?

[tickler]

Originally Posted by stuveltje

I wish you all a great day and eve, btw what is "sleet"?

Some others call it freezing rain. It covers the trees, roads, cars, etc. with wet ice.

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by stuveltje

btw what is "sleet"?

I had to look it up myself this morning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleet

[Jim]

Originally Posted by Cleo

I had to look it up myself this morning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleet

I didn't look at wikipedia but it happens when there is warm air sandwiched between 2 layers of cold air. It starts as snow, turns to rain and then is partially frozen by the second layer of cold.