According to the much maligned Susan Waldman (WCBS 880 announcer) it is 33 and sleeting outside the dome in Toronto just prior to first pitch. Of course it is 72 and pleasant inside!
A quick educational note about sleet. It is NOT the same as hail.
Sleet forms when snowflakes fall through a layer of above freezing air where the snowflake partially melts. Before reaching the ground however, the partially melted snowflake refreezes into an ice pellet, causing sleet.
Hail on the other hand is formed when ice crystals repeatedly cycle through a thundercloud. The intense winds in the storm first carry the ice down where liquid water attaches to it. This water freezes and causes the chunk of ice to grow as it is transported upward by the strong winds. Eventually, the ice chunk becomes too heavy to be supported and it falls out of the cloud as hail.
In general, hail is more common during the summer in thunderstorms while sleet is more common during winter storms.
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