TYPES OF PRECIPITATION

FREEZE RAIN

• Raindrops that freezes when it hits a hard surface.
• It happens during a cold day.

SNOW

• A raindrop that freezes and becomes snow flakes.
• It forms when water vapor was directly converted into ice crystal.

HAIL

• A hail is a round pellet of ice that are larger than 5mm.
• Hail forms only inside clouds during thunderstorms.

SLEET

• Rain drops that freezes when it falls and is less than 5mm.
• It forms when the air meets the freezing point and falls.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

• All four precipitation all occur during winter.
• Hail and sleet both are ice pellets except their size.
• Also, hail and sleet forms differently.
• Snow occurs the most during all the places in the world.