Have you ever wondered why certain types of precipitation form? Well, the difference between rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow all boils down to the temperature of the atmosphere. All precipitation ...

Precipitation comes in all forms: rain, sleet, freezing rain, and snow. Some even count virga, which becomes a gas and evaporates before it reaches us as raindrops. Hail also exists but forms ...

When it comes to winter, the NBC10 First Alert Weather Team uses a lot of terms to describe precipitation. There’s rain, snow, sleet, even freezing rain! But why do some areas see different types of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM)- Snow is not the only type of weather to expect this season, as there are several types of winter ...

Forecasting wintry precipitation is a challenge. Knowing how we get rain, ice or snow takes an understanding of the vertical profile of the atmosphere. You not only need to know the temperature at the ...

We are now into December, and the official start to winter is less than three weeks away. This is the time of year that we start the transition to more wintry precipitation, which is far more varied ...

SAN ANTONIO — It's that time of year when many storm systems roll through and we see several types of precipitation, like snow, freezing rain and sleet. The temperature throughout the atmosphere and ...

As we turn towards the latter half of winter, the chance of mixed precipitation events increase with warmer air starting to creep in. Terms like freezing rain and sleet are often thrown around, but ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- In central North Carolina, we experience four types of winter precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain. How do these forms of precipitation occur? All precipitation ...

North Texas could see all modes of winter weather Wednesday. How do we know which type of precipitation will fall at your house? There are several layers of the atmosphere and each layer has its own ...

When you think of lake effect, snow flakes will undoubtedly be dancing through your mind. But lake effect precipitation produced over the Great Lakes is not all snow — much of it, especially before ...