Winter storms can bring all sorts of precipitation: snow, sleet, hail, freezing rain or even plain old rain. Why so much variety? The answer involves temperature changes as the precipitation falls.

The ice is very clear, often referred to as black ice, because it is so difficult to see, making it treacherous for ...

This messy mix of winter precipitation often impacts the region during late winter and early spring. Meteorologist John Burchfield explains what differentiates them.

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

Many neighborhoods around Puget Sound woke up to a fresh layer of snow on the roads on Wednesday, including downtown Seattle ...

Heavy West Coast rain means mudslides threaten fire-ravaged California. Millions of Americans elsewhere get snow, rain, ...

Snow and ice to hit Britain as Met Office warns of rare freezing rain - Met Office issues weather alerts as health ...

The forecasts mention the possibility of freezing rain, which happens when precipitation hits a cold surface and encases the ...

Snow began Thursday morning and accumulated in the afternoon, but is expected to transition to freezing rain overnight and into Friday morning.

A yellow weather warning for ice and snow has been issued across parts of the UK this weekend. Forecasters said Yorkshire and ...

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