räntäsateita
Räntäsateita, often translated as sleet, is a form of precipitation consisting of ice pellets, often called grauple or snow pellets. These pellets are transparent or translucent, frozen raindrops. Räntäsateitä forms when snowflakes fall through a layer of air that is above freezing and then refreeze as they fall through a subsequent layer of sub-freezing air before reaching the ground. This process typically occurs during transitional weather periods, such as late autumn or early spring, when atmospheric temperatures are fluctuating around the freezing point.
The appearance of räntäsateitä can vary. It can range from small, soft pellets that bounce when they