What’s the Difference Between Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain?

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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 consists of a presentation that science teachers might recreate with solidified carbon dioxide in their science labs..

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

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 describing the differences, its also a great model for using some simple green screen effects to create an explanatory video.

Yesterday it began to sleet during my daughters skiing lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on skiing. However I heard a lot of other parents saying things like, ”
what the heck? why isnt this snow? its cold enough to be snow!” As an amateur meteorologist I understood the response was that while the temperature at ground level was cold enough for snow, the atmosphere above us wasnt cold adequate 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 response, I have a couple of quick video explanations for you to enjoy.

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