The forecast is calling for a variety of precipitation on Wednesday in the Carolinas, including rain, freezing rain, sleet ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

How exactly does freezing rain differ from regular snow? Here’s what to know. A National Weather Service graphic illustrates how snow turns into sleet, freezing rain and rain. If snow is what ...

this will produce light snow in the evening transitioning to freezing rain Wednesday night, exiting Thursday morning. By midnight, the freezing rain is expected to be falling across most of West ...

A winter storm lasting more than 24 hours this weekend is expected to deliver a sampling of everything to southern Maine: snow, sleet and freezing rain. “It’s all one kind of system.

As Pennsylvania prepares for yet another winter storm, forecasters with the National Weather Service (NWS) are giving a final update on how much snow, freezing rain and sleet is expected in the ...

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

Forecasters said Yorkshire and the Humber, northwest England and northeast England will be affected between 6am and 2pm on ...

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 ...