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

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The following videos discuss the conditions that develop 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 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 a good job of discussing the distinctions, its also a great model for using some basic green screen impacts to produce an explanatory video.

The other day it began to sleet during my children snowboarding lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on snowboarding. I heard a lot of other parents stating 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 environment above us wasnt cold sufficient to create snow. As a parent who didnt desire to be “that person” in the group, I simply sipped my coffee with the other moms and dads standing in the sleet. If youre curious about the response, I have a number of quick video explanations for you to watch.

The other day it began to sleet throughout my children skiing lessons. As an amateur meteorologist I knew the response was that while the temperature level at ground level was cold enough for snow, the atmosphere above us wasnt cold enough to develop snow. If youre curious about the response, I have a couple of quick video descriptions for you to see.

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