Sleet is made up of ice pellets that bounce off objects. Even though this may sound more hazardous than freezing rain, that's not the case.

Sleet is made up of ice pellets that bounce off objects. Even though this may sound more hazardous than freezing rain, that's not the case.

Lift happens when the sun heats the ground, warm air rises, cools and condenses into clouds, which are made up of water, ice and water/ice pellets. And this is where it gets tricky.

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These ice pellets fall from the cloud, often hoisted up once again by the updrafts. This cycle causes layers of ice to accumulate on hailstones, increasing the size and weight.

Ice pellets form when snowflakes start to melt as they fall from the cloud, then fall through sub-freezing air where they re-freeze into grain-like particles.

Ice pellets will continue, and there will be about one millimeter of rain. The cloud cover will increase to 100%, and the windy conditions will persist.

This causes the rain droplets to freeze into small ice pellets known as sleet. Finally, and often the most dangerous type of winter precipitation, is freezing rain.

Sleet is made up of ice pellets that bounce off objects. Even though this may sound more hazardous than freezing rain, that's not the case.