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Pretend my Engrish didn't get in the way of that making sense.

So to go a little further, all three forms of precipitation start with snow falling from high altitudes. With sleet, it passes through a warm layer, melts, and then refreezes in a cold layer nearer the ground. Freezing rain doesn't refreeze close to the ground, but freezes on contact. Snow reaching the ground simply never encounters a stretch of air warm enough to melt it as it falls.

You have my nomination for official Huskerboard meteorologist