This is going to be some storm

[cam76034]

They are now forecasting up to 5" for the area, and it has already sleeted enough here in the past 15 minutes to make road surfaces slick.

[Titus]

Here too... my lawn is white.

[POS Racing]

It's just raining in Euless.... for now.

[Titus]

Can someone explain to me the difference between rain, freezing rain, sleet, hail, and snow? Out it California, we just had rain and snow.

[MadMonkey]

I can't BELIEVE I chose this time to drop my Miata with Rogue to get the new finish panel painted and installed. This is going to be the best driving weather of the year, and I'll have to use a FWD Integra

[trickyrix]

I can't BELIEVE I chose this time to drop my Miata with Rogue to get the new finish panel painted and installed. This is going to be the best driving weather of the year, and I'll have to use a FWD Integra

It's a got a handbrake, doesn't it?

[tailchaser]

Can someone explain to me the difference between rain, freezing rain, sleet, hail, and snow? Out it California, we just had rain and snow.

Yes

[POS Racing]

[tailchaser]

I can't BELIEVE I chose this time to drop my Miata with Rogue to get the new finish panel painted and installed. This is going to be the best driving weather of the year, and I'll have to use a FWD Integra

DUde... just stop at McD's and get some serving trays... Insert them under the rear wheels... and... well... you'll figure it out.

[Titus]

Yes

Prick.

[trickyrix]

Can someone explain to me the difference between rain, freezing rain, sleet, hail, and snow? Out it California, we just had rain and snow.

Rain: falling water (you really needed that one?)

Freezing rain: starts as snow, falls through a warmer layer of air and melts, then refreezes as it approaches the ground.

Sleet: sorta like baby hail

Hail: big enough to tear stuff up

Snow: frozen water with crystalline structure

[Majik]

Prick.

Yes.

[MadMonkey]

It's a got a handbrake, doesn't it?

It's just not the same

DUde... just stop at McD's and get some serving trays... Insert them under the rear wheels... and... well... you'll figure it out.

LOL, one of the ricer douchecanoes where I used to live did that in his CRX, but on regular pavement

[tailchaser]

Can someone explain to me the difference between rain, freezing rain, sleet, hail, and snow? Out it California, we just had rain and snow.

Rain = water
freezing rain = water all the way to the ground, freezes on contact with ground
sleet = water to lower atmosphere, freezes in lower atmosphere before ground
hail = freezes and is lifted by updrafts (getting bigger all the while) - requires thunderstorms for the updrafts
snow = freezes in upper atmosphere

[Titus]

freezing rain = water all the way to the ground, freezes on contact with ground
sleet = water to lower atmosphere, freezes in lower atmosphere before ground
hail = freezes and is lifted by updrafts (getting bigger all the while) - requires thunderstorms for the updrafts
snow = freezes in upper atmosphere

Thanks.. that helps. I assume freezing rain is pretty rare?

[tailchaser]

Thanks.. that helps. I assume freezing rain is pretty rare?

Not really... I've seen it once a year or so in Texas... It's all just a matter of where the cold air is... If the rain is coming from a warm air mass, then the ground can be below freezing, but the lower atmosphere is not...

[randy7601]

Yep, had some sleet here in Bedford. I thought I'd be able to get out today, but I'll stay in.

I will be driving tomorrow morning about 5:30 to get to work. I'm leaving early and driving slow!

[XM_Rocks]

Wow that map is amazing... didnt think DFW would be in the 3" - 5" band!

[Rogue]

Probably 3" at Propwash already!

[Titus]

Probably 3" at Propwash already!

Snow, or sleet?