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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Yep! It needs the warm air closer to ground level to cause the winds to blow the ice back up to the upper, colder regions to take on another layer of moisture, freeze, begin to fall again, get blown back up again, etc., etc., until it's too heavy to get blown up, and finally falls back down as little round balls.
Winter times, we just get sleet instead of hail.
Stitchawl
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In winter time we just get
sunshine and sometimes a cold wind from the west. Some people in our region may get a frost, but we are too close to the sea.
We don't have any heating in our house, if it gets too cold (<15°C), we turn off the fans and close a few windows. If really cold we put on sox and tracky daks (kitty jamies).
Sleet is something I remember from down south in my younger days. Is it like semi-frozen rain? I remember icy slush too. *shudder*