Do you know your different precipitations?

I think that right now it is sleeting in Seattle.

• Freezing Rain:  supercooled raindrops that freeze instantly when they hit the ground or other objects
• Hail:  snow and rain in the upper atmosphere mix due to updrafts and accumulate into large pellets that fall to earth when the updraft can't support their weight
• Sleet:  Partially-melted snow that freezes again on the way down and falls as visible pellets.

Precipitation: hail, rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow