A -5C wintry mix is expected to bring snow, sleet and rain to the country, in a rare weather event as the Polar vortex ...

Showers and few storms start off Sunday morning before the clouds clear out by the afternoon and temperatures climb into the ...

And rain occurs when it's "warm" all the way from the clouds to the surface. But it's freezing rain and sleet that are getting quite a bit of attention this week as an icy winter storm takes aim ...

LITTLE OR NO SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ... how having different layers of warm and cold air between the clouds and the ground determines the type of precipitation that hits the ...

The NWS says sleet forms when snowflakes fall through warmer air but don't completely melt. Unlike the thin layer of freezing ...

When water falls from a cloud, it is precipitation. Liquid precipitation is rain or freezing rain. If the drops are smaller ...

Sleet has more moisture and is denser than snow, which is part of why it will take longer to melt. Parts of Johnston, Harnett, Wayne, Cumberland and Sampson Counties have officially reported an inch ...

SO THE CLOUDS MOVE IN FIRST ... HERE COMES THAT MIX FIRST IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET, AND THEN SWITCHING OVER TO SLEET AND PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN. WORST OF THE STORM WILL BE AFTER 5 P.M ...

Maps and charts from WX Charts, which uses Met Desk data, indicate widespread snowfall across central and northern regions, ...

Sleet is a type of precipitation that can occur during winter storms. Temperatures are very cold near the base of clouds during winter weather. So, when precipitation falls, it starts off as snow.

Wednesday's weather will be partly cloudy with a chance of afternoon rains, mainly in the mountains, and light snow in the ...