21. In the United States, "'wintry mix "'generally refers to a mixture of freezing rain, ice pellets , and snow. 22. Indications at the time were still mainly that of a rainfall event with ice pellets and some wet snow mixed in. 23. Tiny dry ice pellets can be used to fight fire by both cooling fuel and suffocating the fire by excluding oxygen. 24. Compressed air is delivered in one hose, and ice pellets are sucked out of a second hose by the venturi effect. 25. Winter storm systems, such as Alberta clippers and Panhandle hooks, can bring days of heavy freezing rain, ice pellets , and snowfall. 26. Ice pellets form when a layer of above-freezing air is located between above the ground, with sub-freezing air both above and below it.27. Ice pellets and snow will glaze parts of northwest Texas and western Oklahoma as a wedge of cold air knifes under moist Gulf air.28. If the cold air layer is too thick, the droplets refreeze before hitting the ground and form ice pellets , which are usually less hazardous. 29. The storm hit Newfoundland late Monday afternoon and gathered strength through the night, dumping up to a foot of snow, freezing rain and ice pellets . 30. Dry ice pellets are shot from a nozzle with compressed air, combining the power of the speed of the pellets with the action of the sublimation.
