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

Yesterday it started to sleet during my daughters snowboarding 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 develop snow. If youre curious about the answer, I have a couple of quick video explanations for you to view.

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Yesterday it began to sleet throughout my daughters snowboarding lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on snowboarding. However I heard a lot of other moms and dads stating things like, ”
As an amateur meteorologist I understood the response was that while the temperature level at ground level was cold enough for snow, the environment above us wasnt cold enough to create snow. As a moms and dad who didnt desire to be “that man” in the group, I simply sipped 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 explanations for you to view.

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

The following videos describe 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 teachers could recreate with solidified carbon dioxide in their science labs..

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