The forecast is calling for a variety of precipitation on Wednesday in the Carolinas, including rain, freezing rain, sleet ...

Precipitation equivalent to more than one inch of rain will fall across Massachusetts this weekend, but it will take various ...

The NWS says sleet forms when snowflakes fall through warmer air but don't completely melt. Unlike the thin layer of freezing ...

Sleet is made up of ice pellets that bounce off objects. Even though this may sound more hazardous than freezing rain, that's not the case. "Freezing rain is by far the most dangerous because ...

By Thursday afternoon, a wintry combination of snow, sleet and freezing rain is expected to reach up the I-5 corridor from ...

Floridians are getting a crash course in winter weather vocabulary this week. Here's what you should know about sleet, snow and freezing rain.

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 winter storm warning has been issued for parts of Virginia and North Carolina. Here's a look at the forecast.

A National Weather Service graphic illustrates how snow turns into sleet, freezing rain and rain. If snow is what happens to rain when it freezes, what exactly is freezing rain? According to the ...

Freezing rain can cause dangerous travel conditions even in small amounts, according to the NWS. Sleet happens when snowflakes are only partially melted in a shallow layer of warmer air.