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

Yesterday it began to sleet during my children snowboarding lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on skiing. I heard a lot of other parents saying things like, ”
As an amateur meteorologist I understood the answer was that while the temperature level at ground level was cold enough for snow, the atmosphere above us wasnt cold enough to create snow. As a parent who didnt want 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 response, I have a couple of fast video explanations for you to see.

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 includes a demonstration that science teachers might recreate with solidified carbon dioxide in their science labs..

The other day it started to sleet throughout 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 atmosphere above us wasnt cold adequate to develop snow. If youre curious about the response, I have a couple of fast video explanations for you to watch.

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

Mentioning green screen impacts, my ebook 50 Tech Tuesday Tips includes ideas and tutorials for producing green screen videos. Get your copy right here!

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