Adam Sherwinski teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about the different types of precipitation This video explains the ...

Precipitation can take a variety of forms with each one posing its own hazards. Much of the precipitation that falls throughout the year begins as snowflakes high in the clouds. The snowflakes form as ...

As the Arctic front rushes in, it brings not just colder temperatures but also some graupel! This wintry precipitation is often confused with snow, sleet, and hail because it shares similar ...

DRUMMOND, Mont. — Over the last few years, Meteorologist Mitchel Coombs has explained the factors leading to the development of numerous precipitation types, like rain and snow, as well as some of ...

When a thunderstorm rolls off the mountains and drops icy pellets on our car, we assume this is hail. That is not always the case. There are different forms of frozen precipitation, which include: ...

On December 5, 2025, in Graham, North Carolina, USA, @weatherinNC shared a video showing a sleet shower, with hail‑like ...

This week's question comes from Morning Brief reader Ted, who asks, "What's the difference between hail and snow?" Meteorologist Jonathan Belles: The easiest answer is that hail bounces. It's bouncy.

The warning, which affects Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Leitrim, and Sligo, will be in place from midnight on Wednesday until ...