Winter storms can bring all sorts of precipitation, from snow and sleet to freezing rain and plain old rain. Here's when each ...

Of all the precipitation types, freezing rain is by most measures the worst because it can weigh heavily on trees and power ...

Sleet, often mistaken for small hail, forms when snowflakes ... warm and cold air that dictate whether precipitation will fall as snow, sleet, freezing rain, or rain. For example, a shallow ...

A winter storm that brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to a large swath of the Midwest swept into the mid-Atlantic and ...

When the sleet reaches the ground, it’s a bit springier than freezing rain or snow, but it can accumulate just like snow would. Snow is what happens when precipitation freezes. Snowflakes are ...

ATLANTA — Winter storms can bring a wide variety of types of precipitation to the Peach State, from snow, to sleet, freezing rain and just ... confuse this with hail, but they form from ...

A normal atmosphere gets snow, but sometimes changes in temperatures at different layers can cause sleet or freezing rain.

When the sleet reaches the ground, it’s a bit springier than freezing rain or snow, but it can accumulate just like snow would. Snow is what happens when precipitation freezes. Snowflakes are ...

There is uncertainty as to the type of precipitation the area will experience, but the chances of snow have diminished, the NWS reported. The chances of a mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain are ...