Sleet bounces on impact and can accumulate into a slick, icy layer that makes roads hazardous. 3. Freezing Rain: A Hidden Danger. Freezing rain begins as snow high in the atmosphere.

A new winter storm is expected to arrive in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Wednesday afternoon and last through Thursday, bringing with it locally heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain ...

WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Clouds thicken with snow and sleet developing after midnight, changing to freezing rain towards morning. A coating to 2" of snow/sleet and a glaze of ice. Low: 25 After a bright ...

The forecast is calling for a variety of precipitation on Wednesday in the Carolinas, including rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow. Skip to content. NOWCAST WYFF News 4 Today.

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. Advertisement ...