Ever wonder how sleet is formed? This National Weather Service social media post explains it.

WASHINGTON — There's nothing quite like a fresh blanket of snow on the ground. It's falls softly and is quiet as it hits the ...

Meteorologist Ava Marie explains how sleet and freezing rain can form amid the coldest air up above, warm air beneath that, ...

Both sleet and freezing rain both involve warm air aloft and cold air near the ground. The key difference is the depth of the ...

Even small differences, sometimes just a degree or two high in the atmosphere, can completely change what eventually reaches ...

The NEXT Weather team breaks down four types of precipitation and what conditions create each one.

Sleet is a form of winter precipitation made up of small, frozen ice pellets that form when snowflakes partially melt and ...

When big winter storms move in, they can bring nasty weather that shows up as different things in different places — maybe it ...

ATLANTA — Winter storms can bring a wide variety of precipitation to the Peach State, from snow to sleet, freezing rain and just plain rain. Although snow is what many get most excited about and ...

Precipitation can take a variety of forms with each one posing its own hazards. Much of the precipitation that falls throughout the year begins as snowflakes high in the clouds. The snowflakes form as ...

From nearly invisible black ice to freezing rain and sleet, here's how common winter weather hazards form, why they're so dangerous.