This messy mix of winter precipitation often impacts the region during late winter and early spring. Meteorologist John Burchfield explains what differentiates them.
Sleet, often mistaken for small hail, forms when snowflakes ... warm and cold air that dictate whether precipitation will fall as snow, sleet, freezing rain, or rain. For example, a shallow ...
ATLANTA — Winter storms can bring a wide variety of types of precipitation to the Peach State, from snow, to sleet, freezing rain and just ... confuse this with hail, but they form from ...
When the sleet reaches the ground, it’s a bit springier than freezing rain or snow, but it can accumulate just like snow would. Snow is what happens when precipitation freezes. Snowflakes are ...
When the sleet reaches the ground, it’s a bit springier than freezing rain or snow, but it can accumulate just like snow would. Snow is what happens when precipitation freezes. Snowflakes are ...