Freshly fallen snow and heavy rain can all make a rush-hour commute frustrating, but freezing rain is perhaps the most deceiving and destructive of all winter precipitation. Simply put, freezing ...

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

When the sleet reaches the ground, it’s a bit springier than freezing rain or snow, but it can accumulate just like snow would. What is snow? Snow is what happens when precipitation freezes.

Freezing rain - which is more common in the US - can also be hazardous for aircraft, given thick layers of ice can be difficult to clear from planes on the ground.

ST. LOUIS — Sleet, snow and freezing rain. The St. Louis area is getting all too familiar with these forms of wintry weather over the last few weeks. We’ve experienced one, two or a mix of all ...

Freezing rain occurs when snow falls into a pocket of warmer air, where it melts, before reaching a thin layer of freezing-cold air near the Earth’s surface. When it lands, the raindrops ...

There is already freezing rain (pink) and sleet (purple) present across the North Country this morning. See the snapshot below of our Triple Doppler Radar from 10am Saturday morning.

There is the potential for Freezing Rain this week, mainly between THU Night thru FRI. The highest chances for the Puget Sound metro area will be between 4-10am FRI (aka the morning commute).

This week’s freezing temperatures aren’t going to last as heavy rain and strong northerly winds arrive from the warm, moist ...

Unlike rain, freezing rain does not generally runoff until it is warm enough to melt. Often the only way to get rid of ice is to wait for it to melt or to melt it with salt if you have it on hand ...

Freezing rain, sleet, and snow can all cause headaches when driving or cleaning off sidewalks and driveways. Freezing rain occurs when snowflakes fall into a warmer layer of air and melt into rain.