Despite freezing temperatures Sunday, the First Alert Weather Team believes we will see more freezing rain than snow or sleet. 24/7 Live Raleigh Durham Fayetteville Surrounding Area Welcome, Mickey ...

While all forms of winter precipitation start as snow high up in the clouds, there are four primary types that eventually reach the ground: snow, sleet, freezing rain and plain old rain.

At this point, temperatures on the ground are below freezing (below 32°). When melted droplets hit a surface, they freeze on contact creating ice accumulations.

Snowflakes are able to reach the ground – and not turn into freezing rain or sleet – when the temperature is at or below 32 degrees from the cloud base to the ground.

Snow is formed when the cloud temperature is below freezing and moisture crystallizes into a snowflake. It stays in a frozen state when it lands on the ground because the surface temperature is ...

Freezing rain is a bit more complex. It starts as rain as it falls through the column of warm air, but as it falls, it passes through a small layer of cold air just above the ground.

When it comes to winter, the NBC10 First Alert Weather Team uses a lot of terms to describe precipitation. There’s rain, snow, sleet, even freezing rain!

ATLANTA — Winter storms can bring a wide variety of types of precipitation to the Peach State, from snow, to sleet, freezing rain, and just plain rain.

The forecast notes that snow will continue to melt on Sunday, which will continue to keep high temperatures in the 30s until Monday. Low temperatures are expected to remain below freezing for the ...

More than a week after a powerful winter storm brought nearly a foot of snowfall to some parts of Greater Cincinnati, much of that snow has remained on the ground.

a sunny to partly cloudy day tomorrow with high temperatures again having a hard time reaching the freezing point. AND THEN THE SNOW ARRIVES LATE TOMORROW NIGHT. THIS IS 1 A.M. ON SATURDAY.