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

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The Difference Between Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain is a video from a news channel in my home town. This video not only does a great job of discussing the differences, its likewise a good model for utilizing some easy green screen effects to develop an explanatory video.

Yesterday 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 stating things like, ”
what the heck? why isnt this snow? its cold enough to be snow!” As an amateur meteorologist I knew 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 parent who didnt desire to be “that guy” in the group, I just drank my coffee with the other parents standing in the sleet. I have a couple of fast video descriptions for you to enjoy if youre curious about the answer.

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 consists of a demonstration that science instructors could recreate with dry ice in their science labs..

The other day it started to sleet during my daughters snowboarding lessons. As an amateur meteorologist I understood the answer was that while the temperature level at ground level was cold enough for snow, the environment above us wasnt cold enough to develop snow. If youre curious about the response, I have a couple of quick video descriptions for you to see.

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