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

This messy mix of winter precipitation often impacts the region during late winter and early spring. Meteorologist John Burchfield explains what differentiates them.

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 ...

Of all the precipitation types, freezing rain is by most measures the worst because it can weigh heavily on trees and power ...

Sleet, often mistaken for small hail, forms when snowflakes partially ... icy layer that makes roads hazardous. Freezing rain begins as snow high in the atmosphere. As it falls, it passes through ...

Winter storms can bring all sorts of precipitation: snow, sleet, hail, freezing rain or even plain old rain. Why so much variety? The answer involves temperature changes as the precipitation falls.

The ice is very clear, often referred to as black ice, because it is so difficult to see, making it treacherous for ...

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 ...

Snow and ice are set to hit the UK this weekend, with the Met Office also issuing a rare forecast for the hazardous ...

The forecasts mention the possibility of freezing rain, which happens when precipitation hits a cold surface and encases the ...

"Snow is likely over higher ground in Scotland and Northern England, with a few centimetres possible in the Grampians and ...