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

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Yesterday it started to sleet during my children snowboarding lessons. As an amateur meteorologist I knew the response was that while the temperature level at ground level was cold enough for snow, the environment above us wasnt cold sufficient to produce snow. If youre curious about the answer, I have a couple of quick video descriptions for you to enjoy.

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 includes a presentation that science instructors might recreate with dry ice in their science labs..

The Difference Between Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain is a video from a news channel in my hometown. This video not just does a great job of describing the distinctions, its also a great design for utilizing some basic green screen impacts to create an explanatory video.

The other day it started to sleet during my daughters skiing lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on skiing. However 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 environment above us wasnt cold enough to develop snow. As a moms and dad who didnt want to be “that man” in the group, I just 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 explanations for you to view.

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