Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow is called

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Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow is called

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{'precipitation': [1, 0, 0, 4], 'rain': [7, 1, 2, 16], 'snow': [6, 0, 0, 8], 'drizzle': [1, 0, 0, 0], 'hail': [1, 0, 0, 3], 'sleet': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'mixture': [0, 0, 1, 5]}

The correct answer is 3. Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow is called sleet. Sleet occurs when snowflakes partially melt as they fall through a layer of warm air and then refreeze before reaching the ground. As a result, sleet is usually a combination of ice pellets and liquid water. This type of precipitation is different from drizzle, which refers to precipitation in the form of very fine, mist-like raindrops. Hail, on the other hand, is precipitation in the form of large ice pellets that are formed in intense thunderstorms. Snow refers to precipitation in the form of individual ice crystals that fall and accumulate on the ground without melting. Therefore, option 3, sleet, is the correct answer.