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

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The other day it began to sleet during my daughters skiing lessons. As an amateur meteorologist I knew the answer was that while the temperature at ground level was cold enough for snow, the environment above us wasnt cold sufficient to create snow. If youre curious about the answer, I have a couple of fast video explanations for you to enjoy.

Yesterday it started to sleet throughout my children skiing lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on snowboarding. But I heard a great deal of other parents saying things like, ”
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 produce snow. As a parent who didnt desire to be “that man” in the group, I simply drank my coffee with the other parents standing in the sleet. If youre curious about the answer, I have a couple of quick video explanations for you to see.

The following videos describe the conditions that create freezing rain, sleet, and snow..
Freezing Rain Explained is a video from the Weather Channel. The video consists of a demonstration 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 hometown. This video not only does a good job of describing the distinctions, its also a good design for using some simple green screen results to develop an explanatory video.

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