Here's an explanation of how freezing rain and sleet form. Sleet forms in winter storms, while hail is a warm-season type of precipitation. Snow occurs when the atmosphere is "cold" all the way from ...

When big winter storms move in, they can bring nasty weather that ranges from snow to sleet and freezing rain — or maybe extreme and dangerous cold. Here's a look at some weather conditions and how ...

Precipitation can take a variety of forms with each one posing its own hazards. Much of the precipitation that falls throughout the year begins as snowflakes high in the clouds. The snowflakes form as ...

Big winter storms can produce snow, sleet, freezing rain or extreme cold. Here’s how temperature layers in the atmosphere create each type and why their hazards differ. When big winter storms move in, ...