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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

But eventually a warmer layer of air between where the snowflakes are forming and here at the ground will end up creating sleet and freezing ... night and Sunday looks like more snow perhaps ...

A mix of snow and sleet looks more likely in northeastern PA, where a mix of sleet and freezing rain looks like the better bet ... is a raindrop that falls and does not freeze until contact.

This looks like another quick hitter with some snow, sleet and potentially freezing rain for late Saturday afternoon through Saturday night. Eventually, the mix will change to rain showers as the ...