Weather 101: Snirt (Snow and Dirt)

On a rare weather day in South Texas, ‘snirt’ fell!

SAN ANTONIO – Did you wake up to a messy car today? You were not alone. Wednesday night’s mix of sleet, snow, and even some graupel left behind a mess on Thursday!

Check out Adam Caskey’s explanation in the video above.

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About the Authors:

Kaiti Blake is a child weather-geek-turned-meteorologist. A member of the KSAT Weather Authority, Kaiti is a co-host of the Whatever the Weather video podcast. After graduating from Texas Tech University, Kaiti worked at WJTV 12 in Jackson, Mississippi and KTAB in Abilene.

Adam Caskey has been a meteorologist with KSAT's Weather Authority team since April 2014. He previously worked in North Dakota and Washington, D.C., where he earned the "Certified Broadcast Meteorologist" designation by the American Meteorological Association. A native Minnesotan, Adam loves to fish and enjoys the outdoors.