Delaware is entering an active winter weather pattern, where snow, sleet and freezing rain can be in the mix. While all forms of wintry precipitation can disrupt travel, freezing rain is uniquely ...

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

Freezing rain does not bounce when it hits the ground like sleet does, and it does not runoff as warm rain does. Due to it being benign rain initially, the onset of freezing rain may be completely ...

The distinction between freezing rain and sleet comes down to where the warm layer of air is positioned in the atmosphere. Think of it like a doughnut ... morning. It looks to be what we call ...

Rain is something Floridians are used to seeing, but snow is quite a bit more rare. How exactly does freezing ... than freezing rain or snow, but it can accumulate just like snow would.

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

Ohio's Chuck called for more spring. At least in the short term, it looks like Phil was right. Patchy freezing drizzle or freezing rain will be possible Saturday in Columbus and Franklin County ...

According to James Tomasini, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, the five boroughs are in range to receive a ...

But eventually a warmer layer of air between where the snowflakes are forming and here at the ground will end up creating sleet and freezing ... looks like more snow perhaps changing to rain ...

Since the rain is not freezing until it reaches the surface, it still falls like regular rain and therefore looks and feels the same until it freezes on the ground. Sleet is made up of ice ...