Weather Alerts for California
1. Flood Advisory for: Inyo
2. Red Flag Warning for: Central Siskiyou County Including Shasta Valley; Modoc County Except for the Surprise Valley; Siskiyou County from the Cascade Mountains East and South to Mt Shasta; Western Klamath National Forest
3. Beach Hazards Statement for: Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; Los Angeles County Coast including Downtown Los Angeles; Ventura County Coast
4. Beach Hazards Statement for: Orange County Coastal; San Diego County Coastal Areas
5. Air Quality Alert for: Mariposa; Tuolumne
6. Air Quality Alert for: Fresno; Kern; Kings; Madera; Merced; San Joaquin; Stanislaus; Tulare
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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?
Home - Education - Precipitation - Sleet
Next Topic: Snow
Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets
are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific
atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.
The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing
bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next
sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water
droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.
Next Topic: Snow
Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Cirrus Clouds
Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds
Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals.
They are thin and wispy in appearance.
What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.
Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds
