The next type of winter precipitation is sleet. Sleet is formed when snow falls into a warmer layer of air with temperatures above freezing. This causes the snowflakes to melt into rain.

A potent storm will sweep through the Northeast, bringing a mix of rain, sleet, snow, scattered thunderstorms, and strong ...

Weather expert Alan O'Reilly, who mans the ever-reliable @CarlowWeather account on X, posted: "Rain moving into most areas ...

Here’s when Sheffield can expect sleet and swathes of heavy snow as part of a wide reaching cold weather alert.

As for what's to come for the rest of the week, the rain, sleet and snow will make its way southward on Tuesday with both ...

IRELAND is set for an icy week as an Arctic airmass moves over the country – with temperatures set to drop BELOW freezing.