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Rain and snow mixed is a very different phenomenon. It consists of mixed rain and (partially melted) snow, not small ice balls like ice pellets (see link to AMS Glossary).-- Carnby ( talk) 13:05, 27 June 2008 (UTC) Ice pellet precipitation is called "hail" in England. Peterkingiron ( talk) 17:24, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
In my opinion, there should be only one article: the AMS glossary has no entry for "wintry shower" or "wintry mix", so it might be better to transfer the article here or, if you prefer, to "wintry mix" which sounds better than "wintry shower(s)".-- Carnby ( talk) 15:54, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Another solution would be to merge Rain and snow mixed (which seems to be the technical word for a mixed precipitation, at least according to the American Meteorological Society) and Wintry showers to "Wintry shower" (without -s, following Wikipedia rules). But maybe it isn't suitable because not all rain/snow mixed precipitations are actually showers.-- Carnby ( talk) 17:56, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
"Professional meteorologists tend to shy away from using the term under any circumstances, but radio and television weather reporters use it regularly" - as far as I am aware, most/all BBC weatherpeople are professional meteorologists. 81.159.62.0 ( talk) 00:12, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
And, as per my experience, we say sleet all the time. Sometimes you hear "mix of rain and snow" but for the most part everyone says sleet. I know this is purely anecdotal, but, just saying.-- Asderoff ( talk) 22:18, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
Here in Seattle we also call it sleet. ---- Toksyuryel talk | contrib 12:29, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
We call it Sleet where I am in Texas, and also called it that from the part in Illinois I lived in prior to moving here. Avanent ( talk) 02:52, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
This term has suddenly taken hold in the UK very recently; I don't remember its being used to anything like the same extent until this winter. For example, this BBC News page uses it. However, it seems to be being used for longer periods of precipitation, and as such is distinct from "wintry showers". Loganberry ( Talk) 21:38, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
This article was created in April 2008 by a cut&paste split from Sleet, which now is a disambiguation page. Discussion relevant to this article prior to the split remains on Talk:Sleet. -- Una Smith ( talk) 16:07, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
As mentioned by an anon editor two years ago (above) there's a contradiction here:
BBC national weather presenters, at least, generally are professional meteorologists. And yes, they use "wintry showers" on the TV forecasts - so "under any circumstances" is certainly too strong. Loganberry ( Talk) 20:05, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
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Rain and snow mixed is a very different phenomenon. It consists of mixed rain and (partially melted) snow, not small ice balls like ice pellets (see link to AMS Glossary).-- Carnby ( talk) 13:05, 27 June 2008 (UTC) Ice pellet precipitation is called "hail" in England. Peterkingiron ( talk) 17:24, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
In my opinion, there should be only one article: the AMS glossary has no entry for "wintry shower" or "wintry mix", so it might be better to transfer the article here or, if you prefer, to "wintry mix" which sounds better than "wintry shower(s)".-- Carnby ( talk) 15:54, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Another solution would be to merge Rain and snow mixed (which seems to be the technical word for a mixed precipitation, at least according to the American Meteorological Society) and Wintry showers to "Wintry shower" (without -s, following Wikipedia rules). But maybe it isn't suitable because not all rain/snow mixed precipitations are actually showers.-- Carnby ( talk) 17:56, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
"Professional meteorologists tend to shy away from using the term under any circumstances, but radio and television weather reporters use it regularly" - as far as I am aware, most/all BBC weatherpeople are professional meteorologists. 81.159.62.0 ( talk) 00:12, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
And, as per my experience, we say sleet all the time. Sometimes you hear "mix of rain and snow" but for the most part everyone says sleet. I know this is purely anecdotal, but, just saying.-- Asderoff ( talk) 22:18, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
Here in Seattle we also call it sleet. ---- Toksyuryel talk | contrib 12:29, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
We call it Sleet where I am in Texas, and also called it that from the part in Illinois I lived in prior to moving here. Avanent ( talk) 02:52, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
This term has suddenly taken hold in the UK very recently; I don't remember its being used to anything like the same extent until this winter. For example, this BBC News page uses it. However, it seems to be being used for longer periods of precipitation, and as such is distinct from "wintry showers". Loganberry ( Talk) 21:38, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
This article was created in April 2008 by a cut&paste split from Sleet, which now is a disambiguation page. Discussion relevant to this article prior to the split remains on Talk:Sleet. -- Una Smith ( talk) 16:07, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
As mentioned by an anon editor two years ago (above) there's a contradiction here:
BBC national weather presenters, at least, generally are professional meteorologists. And yes, they use "wintry showers" on the TV forecasts - so "under any circumstances" is certainly too strong. Loganberry ( Talk) 20:05, 30 November 2010 (UTC)