Meteorologist Mitchel Coombs has explained the factors leading to the development of numerous precipitation types, like rain ...

Liquid precipitation is rain ... is snow if it is crystallized and sleet if it is chunky. Hail is larger than sleet and is formed in the high tower of a thunderstorm updraft. Finally, graupel ...

During Thursday's mix of snow and rain, some of you saw a peculiar ... correctly noting it couldn't be hail. It was "graupel, ...

PORTLAND, Maine — During Thursday's mix of snow and rain ... riming. Graupel won't grow to be large in size like hailstones but can grow to about a quarter inch in diameter. The result is tiny, white ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Heavy storms moved their way across Central California Thursday, bringing snow to the higher elevations and rain and hail to the Valley. Hail pelted palm trees in ...

Expect a soggy Sunday with rain and possibly isolated afternoon thunderstorms. Rain may mix with snow before coming to an end overnight. Partly sunny skies return on Monday with highs in the lower 40s ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- On Sunday, a storm brought rain, hail, and thunder to the Valley floor. Up in the Sierra, it brought a fresh layer of snow. Even though rain and hail were pounding the ...

The NWS forecast calls for rain, snow and sleet before 11 a.m. followed by conditions becoming all snow after noon. High winds of between 22 to 31 mph and gusts of 45 mph will create areas of ...

STILL A LITTLE BIT OF SOME SNOW, BUT NOW STARTING TO MIX IN WITH SOME RAIN SHOWERS. VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED THEN IN THE LAST TWO HOURS OR SO WHERE SNOW IS REALLY COMING DOWN. ALSO IN SLINGER ...