Sleet forms when snow melts in a warm layer above the surface and then refreezes into tiny ice pellets before reaching the ground. These ice pellets often resemble rock salt and bounce upon impact.

NORFOLK, Va. — During inclement weather, you may see some ice pellets falling from the sky and wonder whether you’re seeing sleet or hail. There’s a huge difference in how those two ice ...

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

Snow, sleet , ice accumulations Snow and sleet accumulations will range from a coating to 2". Freezing rain will amount to a glaze to 0.10".

For sleet to occur, the warm air layer is rather thin. There is a larger wedge of cold air that refreezes the partially melted snowflakes into ice pellets (aka sleet).

Sleet, or ice pellets, forms when raindrops freeze into small, solid particles before hitting the ground. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), sleet begins as snowflakes in the upper ...

Sleet is clearer. According to Lanza, sleet is a snowflake that hits a layer of milder air above freezing, melts, and then refreezes in colder air below that, falling as an ice pellet.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — You've heard us talk a lot about the possibility of freezing rain or sleet Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. But what is the difference? Freezing rain occurs when the ...

Sleet, often mistaken for small hail, forms when snowflakes partially melt as they fall through a layer of above-freezing air and then refreeze into ice pellets before reaching the ground.

Freezing rain is the most problematic. It's similar to sleet, but worse. It's what happens when the warm layer is deeper. The snow fully melts, then turns supercooled before hitting the ground.

As precipitation pushes out of the Piney Woods, don’t be shocked if a sleet pellet or two end up pinging against your windshield. If this does happen, travel problems aren’t expected. Overall ...