| Term: | Grains of ice |
| Definition: |
Frozen raindrops or almost completely melted and refrozen snowflakes. WMOHydrology
A British term for ice pellets (sleet). Sleet, in turn, has a different meaning in Great Britain than it does in the United States. In British terminology, sleet is precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow. AMSglossary GCW |