Both the National Weather Service and viewers reported sleet pellets mixing in with cold rain on Saturday morning on the south side of town in Houston.
Break out your jackets for the last weekend of the Houston RodeoThe above snapshot showing conditions at the time of the reports indicate rain on radar and temperatures in the upper 40s. Conditions had to line up just right in order to make this possible!
A plausible explanation is that precipitation falling higher up may have dragged down colder temperatures and dew points close enough to the surface for sleet pellets to mix in. Modeled soundings show complete saturation higher up where ice crystals form, known as the dendritic grown zone. Still, even with this in place overcoming air that warms at the surface without melting is a pretty impressive feat!
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