mixed precipitation
Wintry weather medley
Mixed precipitation is a weather term for conditions when more than one form of precipitation falls simultaneously or in rapid alternation—typically some combination of rain, snow, sleet, or freezing rain.
Forecasters use it when temperatures hover near freezing and conditions are unstable: Expect mixed precipitation through the morning commute.
- sleetPartly frozen precipitation
- freezing rainPrecipitation forming ice on surfaces
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- hailIcy precipitation pellets
- ice pelletsSmall frozen precipitation spheres
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mixed precipitationclear skies
Absence of cloud cover
fair weather · sunny · cloudless · blue skies · settled weather
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