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The following videos discuss the conditions that create freezing rain, sleet, and snow..
Freezing Rain Explained is a video from the Weather Channel. The video includes a presentation that science teachers could recreate with solidified carbon dioxide in their science laboratories..

The Difference Between Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain is a video from a news channel in my hometown. This video not only does an excellent job of explaining the distinctions, its also a good model for using some easy green screen effects to develop an explanatory video.

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

The other day it began to sleet during my children skiing lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on skiing. I heard a lot of other moms and dads saying things like, ”
what the heck? why isnt this snow? its cold enough to be snow!” As an amateur meteorologist I understood the answer was that while the temperature at ground level was cold enough for snow, the atmosphere above us wasnt cold enough to develop snow. As a moms and dad who didnt desire to be “that man” in the group, I just drank my coffee with the other moms and dads standing in the sleet. If youre curious about the response, I have a couple of quick video descriptions for you to see.