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 ...

How exactly does freezing rain differ from regular snow? Here’s what to know. A National Weather Service graphic illustrates how snow turns into sleet, freezing rain and rain. If snow is what ...

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

Saturday saw snow across the DMV region with a mix of rain and snow expected to continue throughout Saturday, with warmer ...

Sleet bounces on impact and can accumulate into a slick, icy layer that makes roads hazardous. Freezing rain begins as snow high in the atmosphere. As it falls, it passes through a thick layer of ...

A few small tweaks to a final forecast heading into the snow and ice storm. Updated wintry impact maps and a look at the next ...

SNOW and flooding have hit parts of the UK as a -6 Scandinavian chill sweeps across the country. It comes after the Met ...

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 ...