Yesterday it began to sleet during my daughters skiing lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on skiing. But I heard a great deal of other parents stating things like, ”
As an amateur meteorologist I understood the response was that while the temperature at ground level was cold enough for snow, the environment above us wasnt cold sufficient to produce snow. As a parent who didnt want to be “that person” in the group, I just sipped my coffee with the other moms and dads standing in the sleet. If youre curious about the response, I have a couple of quick video explanations 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 a good task of discussing the distinctions, its also an excellent model for utilizing some basic green screen impacts to produce an explanatory video.

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The following videos discuss 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 instructors might recreate with solidified carbon dioxide in their science labs..

The other day it began to sleet throughout 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 environment above us wasnt cold adequate to develop snow. If youre curious about the answer, I have a couple of fast video descriptions for you to enjoy.