Meteorologists sometimes refer to this as a “wedge” of warm air —and it’s key to the formation of freezing rain and ice pellets.

Sleet pellets, also known as ice pellets, are frozen raindrops that hit the ground. And they might be coming to North Florida.

Sleet pellets, also known as ice pellets, are frozen raindrops that hit the ground. And they might be coming to North Florida.

A lifting warm front has dropped a winter mix which will be followed by heavy thunderstorms in southwestern Ontario this evening. Details with Meteorologist Dylan Kikuta.

The National Weather Service said the cold temperatures are to blame for the small pellets of ice falling from the sky in Ohio.

For sleet to occur, the warm air layer is rather thin. There is a larger wedge of cold air that refreezes the partially melted snowflakes into ice pellets (aka sleet).

Below that warm section, closer to the ground, there is another layer of frigid air where the melted flakes refreeze, creating sleet ice pellets.

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Freezing rain and ice pellets are underrated hazards. It takes just the right setup to turn a gentle snowfall into a dangerous and disruptive ice storm.