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Description: Glaze, or freezing rain – impact with a solid causes freezing

Rain and drizzle
Rain – droplets have at least a 0.5 mm diameter
Drizzle – droplets have less than a 0.5 mm diameter
Snow – ice crystals, or aggregates of ice crystals

Sleet
Wintertime phenomenon
Small particles of ice
Occurs when
Warmer air overlies colder air
Rain freezes as it falls

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