Most of us generally think of precipitation in terms of three varieties: rain, snow, and sleet. But for meteorologists and ...

Betsy Kling explains how different types of low pressure systems form, comparing Hurricane Melissa to the Great Blizzard of ...

The different types of precipitation during winter are determined by temperature variations throughout the troposphere – the ...

In the winter, we can see many different types of precipitation. The type of precipitation that we see actually has to do with the temperature, not just at the surface, but also the temperature ...

There is another type of precipitation I want to mention: graupel. It’s different from sleet in that it forms when super-cooled water droplets freeze onto a snowflake and make it more of a “snow ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. It’s Winter Weather Awareness Week and the ...

A Winter Weather Advisory is one of the most common alerts we see in Western Mass. These are issued when we see: Snow and/or ...

Weather affects road safety significantly. Whether commuting, traveling, or driving short distances, changes in weather can create hazards.

Several types of weather might not seem particularly dangerous on the surface, but they can be quite hazardous under the right conditions. Below, we take a look at five unexpectedly dangerous weather ...