The NEXT Weather team breaks down four types of precipitation and what conditions create each one.

LB: That’s precipitation that freezes when it hits the ground. Freezing rain is actually the most dangerous kind of winter ...

As this weekend's winter storm makes its way to Southwest Virginia, we are tracking multiple types of wintry precipitation. Learn about how difference types are precipitation are formed and how it ...

There are four main types of winter precipitation types. Often in East Texas, we will see a mix of these precipitation types ...

Pro tip: put a couple drops of food coloring into each ice cube – a different color for each to help tell them apart Start with all three ice cubes in the freezer. Take out the first ice cube – this ...

A winter storm could bring freezing rain to South Carolina this weekend.

A Rock Island e-mailer wonders how it is that two rain gauges not far from one another could measure different amounts. Rain showers may be heavier in one location than in another fewer than 100 yards ...

We explain why freezing rain is the worst of the precipitation types, as far as impacts are concerned.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — In any given forecast for Middle Tennessee in the winter, you might see frozen rain, sleet or snow. Realistically, though, what do those terms even mean? News 2’s Weather ...

Scientists know that urbanization and irrigation can significantly influence rainfall. However, they don’t fully know how these effects vary among different types of rain. Researchers investigated how ...