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According to the NWS, ice called sleet fell on Tuesday

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According to the NWS, ice called sleet fell on Tuesday

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If you were paying attention Tuesday afternoon, you may have noticed the clatter of solid precipitation falling on nearby buildings.

You might think it was sleet or hail, and in some areas it might have been. However, most of the heavy precipitation that fell in Columbus on Tuesday was sleet, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

What does sleet mean?

According to NOAA, sleet forms when supercooled water droplets freeze on snow crystals, creating fragile solid pellets less than 0.2 inches in size.

According to NWS-Wilmington meteorologist Matthew Campbell, freezing temperatures were low over central Ohio on Tuesday and the atmosphere was unstable, allowing sleet to form.

Sleet is actually not particularly rare and occurs a few times each year, Campbell said.

What is sleet and hail?

Sleet, on the other hand, occurs when liquid rain freezes. Sleet's cousin, hail, must be at least 0.2 inches tall and consists of frozen water that accumulates around an embryo, which may be sleet or sleet.

Columbus recorded 0.1 inches of frozen precipitation Tuesday, a record amount for Oct. 15, according to NWS climate records. It wasn't just sleet; Sleet, hail and rain also fell from the sky on Tuesday.

All frozen precipitation, including sleet, is categorized as snow in NWS records, according to Campbell.

“Even if hail accumulated at the airport in July, for example, that would also be considered snow,” Campbell said.

Here's what to expect from the weather in Columbus for the rest of the week.

Columbus weather for the week of October 16, 2024

  • Wednesday: It will be mostly sunny with highs around 55°.
  • Wednesday evening: Light frost after 3am. Otherwise it is mostly clear with low temperatures around 33 degrees.
  • Thursday: There will be patchy fog before 10am and frost before 9am. Otherwise it will be sunny with a high of around 61°C.
  • Thursday evening: There will be patchy frost after 5am. Otherwise it's clear with a low around 35.
  • Friday: There will be patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise it will be sunny with a high of around 68°C.
  • Friday evening: At a low around 39 it will be clear.
  • Saturday: It will be sunny with a high around 72°.
  • Saturday evening: At a low around 41 it will be clear.
  • Sunday: It will be sunny with a high around 74°.
  • Sunday evening: At a low around 44 it will be clear.
  • Monday: It will be sunny with a high around 75°.
  • Monday evening: With a low around 47 it will be mostly clear.
  • Tuesday: It will be sunny with a high around 76°.

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