(Lafayette, Louisiana) – A meteorologist has gone viral on social media after he used one of our favorite treats to explain the various forms of wintry precipitation.
The “meat” of winter is arriving in the Deep South, and many here may not be familiar with the various forms of precipitation you can get as temperatures near or dip below the freezing point.
Louisiana is bracing for a few rounds of winter precipitation, and what better way to better understand the various forms of it than by using donuts as a visual? I don’t know about you, but sometimes visuals make things a lot easier to understand, and this time, with one of our favorite treats, we can better understand sleet, rain, snow, and freezing rain.
What is Freezing Rain
Rain freezes when precipitation falling to the ground passes through a shallow layer of air that is freezing. The rain freezes upon contact with something on the ground, or it can turn into sleet. Freezing rain occurs when snowflakes fall into a warmer layer of air and completely melt…