Sleet is a form of winter precipitation made up of small, frozen ice pellets that form when snowflakes partially melt and ...

Snow: Solid precipitation in the form of ice crystals of feathery or needlelike structure. The crystals may fall singly, or a large number of them may be matted together in the form of snowflakes.

The NEXT Weather team breaks down four types of precipitation and what conditions create each one.

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 ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Some areas received freezing rain and sleet Saturday evening in western Massachusetts, while others saw plain rain. It’s important to note that all precipitation starts high ...

Note: This video is designed to help the teacher better understand the lesson and is NOT intended to be shown to students. It includes observations and conclusions that students are meant to make on ...

Sleet: Solid precipitation in the form of ice pellets formed when raindrops, originating in warmer air aloft, freeze as they fall through subfreezing air near the surface of the earth. Chicago Bears ...

One of our Weather Watchers in Cumbria wrote in recently to ask us to explain the difference between several types of precipitation. You'll often see terms such as 'drizzle', 'light rain' or 'heavy ...