What is Ice pellets?
[[File:Sleet on the ground.jpg|thumb|Ice pellets on the ground]] '''Ice pellets''' are known as '''sleet''' in [[North America]], and '''hail''' in [[Great Britain]]. They are a type of frozen [[precipitation]], little balls of ice. Large ice pellets are called [[hailstone]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weather.gov/glossary/index.php?word=hail|title= Hail (glossary entry)|publisher= [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]'s [[National Weather Service]]|accessdate=2007-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weather.gov/glossary/index.php?word=sleet|title= Sleet (glossary entry)|publisher= [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]'s [[National Weather Service]]|accessdate=2007-03-20}}</ref> Sometimes, ice pellets bounce when they hit the ground. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Precipitation]] [[Category:Ice]] {{weather-stub}}