Understanding the Difference Between Sleet and Freezing Rain With a wintry weekend ahead, let’s break down the key differences between sleet and freezing rain—two forms of icy precipitation ...

Though there is a common misunderstanding between sleet and freezing rain, there is an easy phrase to remember the difference ...

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.

Snow, sleet and freezing rain – there are three main types of winter precipitation, and Oklahoma is no stranger to any of them. The winter storm that crossed Oklahoma in the early morning hours ...

Sleet, often mistaken for small hail, forms when snowflakes partially ... icy layer that makes roads hazardous. Freezing rain begins as snow high in the atmosphere. As it falls, it passes through ...

IT IS AN IMPACT DAY TODAY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE AFTERNOON AND THE EVENING AS OUR NEXT STORM SYSTEM LIFTS INTO THE STATE AND IT WILL BRING SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AND DEVELOPING THROUGH THE ...

Days after Punxsutawney Phil forecast six more weeks of winter, central Pennsylvania is expected to be hit with sleet and freezing rain Wednesday night into Thursday. Kyle Elliott, director of the ...