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

The Difference Between Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain is a video from a news channel in my hometown. This video not only does a good job of explaining the differences, its likewise an excellent model for utilizing some basic green screen impacts to develop an explanatory video.

The following videos explain the conditions that create freezing rain, sleet, and snow..
Freezing Rain Explained is a video from the Weather Channel. The video consists of a demonstration that science instructors might recreate with solidified carbon dioxide in their science labs..

Yesterday it began to sleet throughout my daughters skiing lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on snowboarding. However I heard a great deal 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 answer was that while the temperature at ground level was cold enough for snow, the environment above us wasnt cold sufficient to create snow. As a moms and dad who didnt wish to be “that guy” in the group, I just sipped my coffee with the other moms and dads standing in the sleet. I have a couple of quick video descriptions for you to enjoy if youre curious about the answer.

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

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