Class: Sleet

Whereas hail forms within clouds, sleet begins as snow falling to earth after having left its originating cloud. The snow partially melts on its trip down in a layer of warm air but then refreezes into ice crystals that appear much like hail.

•owl:Thing
        •SpatioTemporalThing
                •Perdurant
                        •Event
                                •Phenomenon
                                        •EarthSciencePhenomenon
                                                •HydrologicalPhenomenon
                                                        •HydrospherePhenomenon
                                                        •HydroMeteorologicalPhenomenon
                                                                •Precipitation
                                                                        •FrozenPrecipitation
                                                                                •Sleet
                                                •HydrospherePhenomenon
                                                        •HydrologicalPhenomenon
                                                •MeteorologicalPhenomenon
                                                        •WeatherPhenomenon
                                                        •HydroMeteorologicalPhenomenon
                                                                •Precipitation
                                                                        •FrozenPrecipitation
                                                                                •Sleet
                                                •WeatherPhenomenon
                                                        •MeteorologicalPhenomenon

Super Classes

FrozenPrecipitation
hasAssociatedSubstance ONLY IcePellet
hasAssociatedSubstance ONLY LiquidWater

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