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

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 presentation that science instructors might recreate with solidified carbon dioxide in their science labs..

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The other day it began to sleet during my children skiing lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on snowboarding. 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 response was that while the temperature at ground level was cold enough for snow, the atmosphere above us wasnt cold adequate to create snow. As a parent who didnt wish to be “that person” in the group, I simply sipped my coffee with the other parents standing in the sleet. I have a couple of quick video explanations for you to see if youre curious about the response.

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

Yesterday it began to sleet during 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 enough to create snow. If youre curious about the response, I have a couple of fast video explanations for you to watch.

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