Precipitation can bring chaos! But have you ever wonder how each type of precipitation forms? It is all based on the temperatures across the different layers of the atmosphere; from cloud to surface.

Rain is liquid precipitation that forms and lands on the Earth's surface in this form. For this type of precipitation to happen, the temperatures of the layers it travels through must be above ...

The main types are rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Precipitation falls as snow when the air temperatures throughout the atmosphere remain cold at or below freezing.

In most areas, precipitation starts as snow way up into the atmosphere and when there's a large layer of warm air that reaches all the way down to the surface, it falls as rain.

As temperatures cool, precipitation changes to sleet and snow right around your dinner hour. We're not tracking a large accumulation of snow with this quick round of snow, with snow and sleet ...

Meteorologist Stacia Knight shares the different types of precipitation that can happen in Oklahoma during winter weather and how each one impacts you differently. Wednesday, January 8th 2025, 9:48 pm ...

When a winter storm takes aim on the Ohio Valley, chances for sleet, freezing rain, rain, and snow are usually all in play. This is because warm air and cold air are battling it out at the ground ...