And Now, Back to You

JACKSON CLARK: Evening, everybody. I’m—um. Filling in for a second while Aiden—while Aiden does something. He’s getting water? I think? Either way, he asked me to sit in, so. Here I am.

[awkward laughter]

JACKSON CLARK: What should we talk about?

[pause]

JACKSON CLARK: Has anyone ever told you about the difference between snow and sleet?

Snow forms directly from water vapor as ice crystals, but sleet starts as snow, then partially melts in a warmer layer of air before refreezing into small ice pellets as it falls through a colder layer.

It’s sort of like—sort of like the meatloaf leftovers of the meteorological world, if you can believe that.

[pause]

JACKSON CLARK: I’m not sure when Aiden will be back? But I could tell you about snow lightning, too, if you wanted? It’s—

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