precipitation

Ask FLYING: What Kind of Precip Will Fall First?

Q: Is it possible to identify the typical sequence during which snow will fall in the Midwest versus an area prone to receiving lake effect snow? It seems snow pellets or sleet/ice pellets appear before flakes in some circumstances. A: Outside of large hailstones, the precipitation type that gets reported at the surface depends entirely […]

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