The other day it began to sleet during my daughters skiing lessons. As an amateur meteorologist I knew the response was that while the temperature at ground level was cold enough for snow, the atmosphere above us wasnt cold sufficient to create snow. If youre curious about the response, I have a couple of quick video descriptions for you to see.

The following videos describe the conditions that develop freezing rain, sleet, and snow..
Freezing Rain Explained is a video from the Weather Channel. The video includes a demonstration that science teachers could recreate with dry ice in their science laboratories..

The Difference Between Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain is a video from a news channel in my home town. This video not only does an excellent job of discussing the differences, its likewise a great design for utilizing some simple green screen results to create an explanatory video.

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The other day it started to sleet during my daughters skiing lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on snowboarding. I heard a lot of other parents stating things like, ”
what the heck? why isnt this snow? its cold enough to be snow!” As an amateur meteorologist I knew the response was that while the temperature level at ground level was cold enough for snow, the environment above us wasnt cold sufficient to develop snow. As a moms and dad who didnt wish to be “that person” in the group, I just sipped my coffee with the other parents standing in the sleet. If youre curious about the answer, I have a couple of fast video descriptions for you to enjoy.