Was It Snow, Rain — or Something Else?You may have looked outside during the storm and thought you were seeing snow or rain.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winter weather brings a variety of different types of precipitation. As the temperature profile of the atmosphere changes from the ...

There are three basic types of winter precipitation: snow, sleet and freezing rain. The type of precipitation you get is all based on the air temperature at different levels of the atmosphere. Think ...

As we turn towards the latter half of winter, the chance of mixed precipitation events increase with warmer air starting to creep in. Terms like freezing rain and sleet are often thrown around, but ...

In research that could improve weather forecasting and winter driving safety, a University of Michigan-led study distinguished nine distinct precipitation types—varieties of rain, snow and mixed-phase ...

Flash floods resulting from extreme rainfall pose a major risk to people and infrastructure, especially in urban areas. Higher temperatures due to global climate change affect continuous rainfall and ...

Snow, sleet and freezing rain – there are three main types of winter precipitation, and Oklahoma is no stranger to any of them. The winter storm that crossed Oklahoma in the early morning hours ...

NORFOLK, Va. — As we dive into the cooler months, there's always that chance we can see rain, snow, sleet or even freezing rain as the days start to get colder. But there's a reason why we could end ...

AUSTIN, Texas — As many of y'all are aware, we're tracking a very complex system for Sunday night into Monday that could bring in not only a chance for precipitation but wintry precipitation. This is ...