Ice pellets

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  • Ice Pellets
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  • A type of precipitation consisting of transparent or translucent pellets of ice, 5 mm or less in diameter.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Ice pellets are a form of precipitation consisting of small, hard, translucent balls of ice. Ice pellets are different from graupel ("soft hail") which is made of frosty white opaque rime, and from a mixture of rain and snow which is a slushy liquid or semisolid. Ice pellets often bounce when they hit the ground or other solid objects, and make a higher-pitched "tap" when striking objects like jackets, windshields, and dried leaves, compared to the dull splat of liquid raindrops. Pellets generally do not freeze into other solid masses unless mixed with freezing rain. The METAR code for ice pellets is PL (PE before November 1998).

    凍雨（とうう、英: ice pellets）は、透明あるいは半透明の氷が雨のように降る気象現象。

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