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

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

A normal atmosphere gets snow, but sometimes changes in temperatures at different layers can cause sleet or freezing rain.

Forecasters said areas north of the Interstate 10 corridor “are more likely to see snow/mix of sleet. Areas to the south may see a mix of snow/sleet/freezing rain and potentially liquid rain ...

SLEET: Snow and rain atmospheric profiles are relatively straightforward - either freezing temperatures exist all the way down, or they warm to above-freezing and stay there. Once we start adding ...