The Difference Between Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain is a video from a news channel in my hometown. This video not just does a good job of describing the differences, its also a great model for using some easy green screen impacts to produce an explanatory video.

Yesterday it started to sleet throughout 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 understood the response was that while the temperature at ground level was cold enough for snow, the atmosphere above us wasnt cold enough to produce snow. As a parent who didnt desire to be “that person” in the group, I simply drank my coffee with the other moms and dads standing in the sleet. If youre curious about the answer, I have a couple of quick video descriptions for you to view.

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 instructors might recreate with dry ice in their science laboratories..

Yesterday it started to sleet throughout my children 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 environment above us wasnt cold sufficient to create snow. If youre curious about the response, I have a couple of quick video explanations for you to watch.

Mentioning green screen impacts, my ebook 50 Tech Tuesday Tips consists of ideas and tutorials for creating green screen videos. Get your copy right here!