What exactly is sleet?
Sleet happens when the air temperature is above freezing near the clouds, where the rain is formed, and below freezing near the surface of the earth. As the rain drops, they fall through the thick layer of below-freezing air, and the raindrops freeze before they hit the ground. These frozen raindrops are called sleet. Q: What is the difference between dew point and humidity? A: The dew point is the temperature the air must reach in order to achieve 100 percent relative humidity the point where the water vapor in the air starts condensing, and clouds form. Q: What’s the hottest place that it has ever snowed? A: The farthest south is has ever snowed in the continental United States is Miami Beach, Florida, in 1977. Q: Why is Oregon so wet? A: Oregon is so wet because the winds usually blow from west to east over the state. On the west side of the state, along the Pacific coast, the air is very moist. The air currents take this moist air and moves it into the mountains, which run the enti
