The following videos explain the conditions that produce freezing rain, sleet, and snow..
Freezing Rain Explained is a video from the Weather Channel. The video consists of a presentation that science teachers might recreate with solidified carbon dioxide in their science laboratories..

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 discussing the differences, its also an excellent model for utilizing some simple green screen impacts to create an explanatory video.

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

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Yesterday it started to sleet during my daughters skiing lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on snowboarding. However I heard a great deal 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 answer was that while the temperature at ground level was cold enough for snow, the atmosphere above us wasnt cold enough to create snow. As a moms and dad who didnt wish 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 answer, I have a couple of quick video descriptions for you to enjoy.