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

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Yesterday it began to sleet during my daughters skiing lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on skiing. I heard a lot of other parents saying things like, ”
what the heck? why isnt this snow? its cold enough to be snow!” As an amateur meteorologist I knew the answer was that while the temperature level at ground level was cold enough for snow, the atmosphere above us wasnt cold sufficient to produce snow. As a parent who didnt desire to be “that guy” 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 descriptions for you to see.

The following videos discuss the conditions that produce freezing rain, sleet, and snow..
Freezing Rain Explained is a video from the Weather Channel. The video includes a demonstration that science instructors could recreate with dry ice in their science laboratories..

Yesterday it started to sleet throughout my daughters snowboarding lessons. 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 sufficient to create snow. If youre curious about the response, I have a couple of fast video descriptions for you to view.

The Difference Between Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain is a video from a news channel in my hometown. This video not just does a good job of discussing the distinctions, its likewise an excellent model for using some simple green screen results to create an explanatory video.

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