This messy mix of winter precipitation often impacts the region during late winter and early spring. Meteorologist John Burchfield explains what differentiates them.

Winter storms can bring all sorts of precipitation, from snow and sleet to freezing rain and plain old rain. Here's when each ...

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 ...

Of all the precipitation types, freezing rain is by most measures the worst because it can weigh heavily on trees and power ...

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 ...

Freezing rain creates a stunning visual display when it makes imapct with a cold surface, making the object appear encased in ...

Many neighborhoods around Puget Sound woke up to a fresh layer of snow on the roads on Wednesday, including downtown Seattle ...

Sleet, often mistaken for small hail, forms when snowflakes partially melt ... reveals layers of warm and cold air that dictate whether precipitation will fall as snow, sleet, freezing rain, or rain.