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 ...

Snow is the classic of any winter precipitation and forms when temperatures are at or below freezing in the cloud and at to ...

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 ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Some areas of western Massachusetts Saturday got rain, sleet, and some snow and freezing rain. So how do the different types of precipitation form? Well it’s much more ...

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 ...

This weekend may preview the upcoming seasonal change with the development of graupel: soft and crushable ice pellets.

Here's an explanation of how freezing rain and sleet form. Sleet forms in winter storms, while hail is a warm-season type of precipitation. Snow occurs when the atmosphere is "cold" all the way from ...

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 ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — If you’ve ever seen that hail or sleet-like snow that resembles little pebbles or rocks, then you’ve seen graupel. This little-recognized form of precipitation is essentially a ...