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

The other day it started to sleet during my children skiing 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 adequate to create snow. If youre curious about the answer, I have a couple of quick video descriptions for you to enjoy.

The other day it began to sleet during my daughters snowboarding lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on snowboarding. I heard a lot of other parents saying things like, ”
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 sufficient to create snow. As a moms and dad who didnt want to be “that man” in the group, I just sipped my coffee with the other parents standing in the sleet. If youre curious about the answer, I have a couple of fast video descriptions for you to enjoy.

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 differences, its likewise an excellent model for using some easy green screen impacts to produce an explanatory video.

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 could recreate with dry ice in their science labs..

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