Lake-effect snow explained Lake-effect snow has a tendency to dump massive amounts of snow in a very short period of time. How does it form? Why is it hard to forecast?

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- In central North Carolina, we experience four types of winter precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain. How do these forms of precipitation occur? All precipitation ...

Snow, sleet and freezing rain are not the same, and their impacts aren't either. Here is a look at what causes each and which type is the most dangerous. For pure snow to reach the ground, ...