Dear Tom, You have mentioned ice pellets in your telecasts. Aren’t ice pellets the same as sleet; if not, what is the difference between the two? —Paul Mishke Dear Paul, Sleet and ice p… ...

According to the Met Office, ice pellets are not the same as hail. Instead they are a type of solid precipitation that have a diameter of less than 5mm. They are spherical or irregular and rarely ...