If you’ve been outside this Sunday, you know that conditions haven’t been ideal, but definitely not the worst. Many woke up to much-needed rain, and while skies have remained mostly cloudy, they’ve ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- In central North Carolina, we experience four types of winter precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain. How do these forms of precipitation occur? All precipitation ...

CLEVELAND — When cold, unstable air sweeps across the Great Lakes in fall and early winter, it can trigger lake-effect precipitation. This week, lake rain showers have streamed in with periodic bursts ...

Rain drops or fog droplets spread over a surface and freeze slowly; the process moves from liquid water to solid water. Snowflakes, on the other hand, form from water vapor (the gas form of ...

Winter storms can produce different types of ice precipitation. The most common, aside from snow, are sleet and freezing rain. They form differently and cause very different impacts. Sleet forms when ...

DALLAS — Freezing rain may look harmless ... sometimes even beautiful. But it is one of the most dangerous winter weather phenomena. Unlike snow or sleet, freezing rain adds weight, and a shocking ...