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

The other day it began to sleet throughout my daughters snowboarding 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 response, I have a couple of fast video explanations for you to view.

The other day it began to sleet during my children snowboarding lessons. They didnt mind and kept right on skiing. I heard a lot of other moms and dads saying 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 adequate to develop snow. As a parent who didnt want to be “that man” in the group, I just drank my coffee with the other parents standing in the sleet. If youre curious about the answer, I have a couple of quick video descriptions for you to view.

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The Difference Between Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain is a video from a news channel in my home town. This video not only does a good job of explaining the differences, its also a great model for utilizing some easy green screen effects to develop an explanatory video.

The following videos explain the conditions that develop freezing rain, sleet, and snow..
Freezing Rain Explained is a video from the Weather Channel. The video includes a presentation that science instructors could recreate with dry ice in their science laboratories..

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