Winter storms can bring all sorts of precipitation, from snow and sleet to freezing rain and plain old rain. Here's when each type falls.

ROUND THREE WILL BE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY, AND THAT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER MIXED BAG OF SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ... SO THIS IS WHY WE DO HAVE THAT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY GOES ...

Another winter storm dropped half a foot of snow on Central Kentucky Tuesday, and if the latest outlooks from the Climate Prediction Center are any indication, the conditions are right for more snow ...

A SNOW SLEET MIX WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ... THE TRACK HAS SHIFTED JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE’LL GET ALL SNOW OUT OF THIS. AND OF COURSE, IN TERMS OF AMOUNTS, WE’LL ...

I MEAN, LOOK AT THESE. WE’VE GOT. WE’VE GOT ONE COMING ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WE’VE GOT ANOTHER ONE NEXT THURSDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S ... SEE WHAT THE WINDS DO TOMORROW.

BEFORE WE START SEEING THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING ON IN ... THAT MIXING GET THAT WILL DICTATE SNOWFALL TOTALS. THIS DOES LOOK LIKE A JUICIER STORM. IT LOOKS LIKE A COLDER STORM.

According to James Tomasini, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, the five boroughs are in range to receive a ...

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.

Since the rain is not freezing until it reaches the surface, it still falls like regular rain and therefore looks and feels the same until it freezes on the ground. Sleet is made up of ice pellets ...

A normal atmosphere gets snow, but sometimes changes in temperatures at different layers can cause sleet or freezing rain.