Have you ever wondered why certain types of precipitation form? Well, the difference between rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow all boils down to the temperature of the atmosphere. All precipitation ...

Precipitation comes in all forms: rain, sleet, freezing rain, and snow. Some even count virga, which becomes a gas and evaporates before it reaches us as raindrops. Hail also exists but forms ...

When it comes to winter, the NBC10 First Alert Weather Team uses a lot of terms to describe precipitation. There’s rain, snow, sleet, even freezing rain! But why do some areas see different types of ...

Forecasting wintry precipitation is a challenge. Knowing how we get rain, ice or snow takes an understanding of the vertical profile of the atmosphere. You not only need to know the temperature at the ...

We are now into December, and the official start to winter is less than three weeks away. This is the time of year that we start the transition to more wintry precipitation, which is far more varied ...

Snow forms when temperatures are at or below freezing, creating ice crystals leading to snowflakes.

SAN ANTONIO — It's that time of year when many storm systems roll through and we see several types of precipitation, like snow, freezing rain and sleet. The temperature throughout the atmosphere and ...

While all forms of precipitation start as snow high up in the clouds, there are four primary types that eventually reach the ground: snow, sleet, freezing rain and plain ol' rain. Snow occurs when the ...

North Texas could see all modes of winter weather Wednesday. How do we know which type of precipitation will fall at your house? There are several layers of the atmosphere and each layer has its own ...