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Freezing rain is rain maintained at temperatures below freezing by the ambient air mass that causes freezing on contact with surfaces. Unlike a mixture of rain and snow or ice pellets, freezing rain is made entirely of liquid droplets. The raindrops become supercooled while passing through a sub-freezing layer of air hundreds of meters above the ground, and then freeze upon impact with any surface they encounter, including the ground, trees, electrical wires, aircraft, and automobiles.[1] The resulting ice, called glaze ice, can accumulate to a thickness of several centimeters and cover all exposed surfaces. The METAR code for freezing rain is FZRA.
A storm that produces a significant thickness of glaze ice from freezing rain is often referred to as an ice storm. Although these storms are not particularly violent, freezing rain is notorious for causing travel problems on roadways, breaking tree limbs, and downing power lines from the weight of accumulating ice. Downed power lines cause power outages in affected areas while accumulated ice can also pose significant overhead hazards. It is also known for being extremely dangerous to aircraft since the ice can effectively ‘remould’ the shape of the airfoil and flight control surfaces. (See atmospheric icing.)[2]
Mechanism[edit]
Temperature versus height diagram for different types of precipitation. The red line shows how freezing rain forms, from snow through the warm layer and then into the «supercooled stage».
Freezing rain is often associated with the approach of a warm front, when subfreezing air (temperatures at or below freezing) is trapped in the lowest levels of the atmosphere while warm air advects is aloft.[3] This happens, for instance, when a low pressure system moves from the Mississippi River Valley toward the Appalachian Mountains and the Saint Lawrence River Valley of North America during the cold season, with a strong high pressure system sitting further east. This setup is known as cold-air damming, and is characterized by very cold and dry air at the surface within the region of high pressure. The warm air from the Gulf of Mexico is often the fuel for freezing precipitation.[4]
Freezing rain develops when falling snow encounters a layer of warm air aloft, typically around the 800 mbar (800 hPa; 80 kPa) level, causing the snow to melt and become rain. As the rain continues to fall, it passes through a layer of subfreezing air just above the surface and cools to a temperature below freezing (0 °C or 32 °F or 273 K). If this layer of subfreezing air is sufficiently deep, the raindrops may have time to freeze into ice pellets (sleet) before reaching the ground. However, if the subfreezing layer of air at the surface is very shallow, the rain drops falling through it will not have time to freeze and they will hit the ground as supercooled rain. When these supercooled drops make contact with the ground, power lines, tree branches, aircraft, or anything else below 0 °C (32 °F; 273 K), a portion of the drops instantly freezes, forming a thin film of ice, hence freezing rain.[5][6] The specific physical process by which this occurs is called nucleation.[7]
Observations[edit]
Echoes at 1.5 km (1,500 m; 0.93 mi; 4,900 ft) altitude at the top with strong contamination from the bright band (yellows). The vertical cut at the bottom show that this strong return is only above ground (Source: Environment Canada).
Surface observations by manned or automatic stations are the only direct confirmation of freezing rain. One can never see directly freezing rain, rain, or snow on any type of weather radar, whether Doppler or conventional. It is possible, however, to estimate the area covered by freezing rain with radar indirectly.[8][9]
The intensity of the radar echoes (reflectivity) is proportional to the form (water or ice) of the precipitation and its diameter. In fact, rain has much stronger reflective power than snow, but its diameter is much smaller. So, the reflectivity of rain coming from melted snow is only slightly higher. In the layer where the snow is melting, however, the wet flakes still have a large diameter and are coated with water, so the radar returns are much stronger.[8][9]
The presence of this brightband indicates the presence of a warm layer above ground where snow can melt. This could be producing rain on the ground or the possibility of freezing rain if the temperature is below freezing. The accompanying image shows how such an artifact can be located with a cross-section through radar data.[8][9] The height and slope of the brightband will give clues to the extent of the region where melting is occurring. Then, it is possible to associate this clue with surface observations and numerical prediction models to produce output such as the ones seen on television weather programs, where radar echoes are shown distinctly as rain, mixed, and snow precipitations.
Effects[edit]
At ground level[edit]
Freezing rain often causes major power outages by forming glaze ice. When the freezing rain or drizzle is light and not prolonged, the ice formed is thin and usually causes only minor damage (relieving trees of their dead branches, etc.).[10] When large quantities accumulate, however, it is one of the most dangerous types of winter hazard.[11] When the ice layer exceeds approximately 6.4 mm (0.25 in)[citation needed], tree limbs with branches heavily coated in ice can break off under the enormous weight and fall onto power lines. Windy conditions and lightning, when present, will exacerbate the damage. Power lines coated with ice become extremely heavy, causing support poles, insulators and lines to break. The ice that forms on roadways makes vehicle travel dangerous. Unlike snow, wet ice provides almost no traction, and vehicles will slide even on gentle slopes. Because freezing rain does not hit the ground as an ice pellet (called «sleet») but still as a rain droplet, it conforms to the shape of the ground, or object such as a tree branch or car. This makes one thick layer of ice, often called «glaze».
Freezing rain and glaze ice on a large scale is called an ice storm. Effects on plants can be severe, as they cannot support the weight of the ice. Trees may snap as they are dormant and fragile during winter weather. Pine trees are also victims of ice storms as their needles will catch the ice, but not be able to support the weight. In February 1994, a severe ice storm caused over $1 billion in damage in the Southern United States, primarily in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and Western North Carolina, especially the Appalachians. One particularly severe ice storm struck eastern Canada and northern parts of New York and New England in the North American ice storm of 1998.[12][10]
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Glaze on a tree in La Malbaie, Quebec
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A birch tree is badly bent under a thick layer of glaze ice in Celje, Slovenia
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Power outages due to the weight of ice on lines or overhanging tree limbs
Aircraft[edit]
Freezing ice on aircraft wing
Freezing rain is considered to be an extreme hazard to aircraft, as it causes very rapid structural icing, freezing necessary components. Most helicopters and small airplanes lack the necessary deicing equipment to fly in freezing rain of any intensity, and heavy freezing rain can overwhelm even the most sophisticated deicing systems on large airplanes. Icing can increase an aircraft’s weight but not typically enough to cause a hazard. The main danger comes from the ice changing the shape of its airfoils.
This will reduce lift and increase drag. All three factors increase stalling speed and reduce aircraft performance, making it very difficult to climb or even maintain altitude.
An aircraft can most easily avoid freezing rain by moving into warmer air. Under most conditions, this would require aircraft to descend, which it can usually do safely and easily even with a moderate accumulation of structural ice. However, freezing rain is accompanied by a temperature inversion aloft, meaning that aircraft are required to climb to move into warmer air, which is a potentially difficult and dangerous task with even a small amount of ice accumulation.
For example, in 1994, American Eagle Flight 4184 encountered heavy air traffic and poor weather that postponed the arrival of this flight at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, where it was to have landed en route from Indianapolis, Indiana. The ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop carrying 68 people, entered a holding pattern 105 km or 65 mi southeast of O’Hare. As the plane circled, supercooled cloud droplets, freezing rain or freezing drizzle formed a ridge of ice on the upper surface of its wings, eventually causing the aircraft’s autopilot to suddenly disconnect and the pilots to lose control. The ATR disintegrated on impact with a field below; all passengers and crew were killed.
See also[edit]
- Black ice
- Freezing drizzle
- Hail
- Ice pellets
- Ice storm
- Icing conditions
- List of ice storms
References[edit]
- ^ «Freezing rain». Glossary of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ National Weather Service Forecast Office, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Significant Weather Phenomena Matrix. Retrieved on 2006-12-08.
- ^ «Cyclones and Fronts: the development of freezing rain». WW2010: The Weather World 2010 Project. University of Illinois. 1999-10-04. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ David Phillips (2002-12-18). «Ice Storm of 1998». Archived from the original on 26 June 2006. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ «Cyclones and Fronts: the definition of freezing rain». WW2010: The Weather World 2010 Project. University of Illinois. 1999-10-04. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ Jeff Haby (2014-02-15). «The Rate at which Rain Freezes in a Freezing Rain Event». Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ «Nucleation». Glossary of Meteorology. American Meteorological Society. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ a b c Doviak, R. J.; Zrnic, D. S. (1993). Doppler Radar and Weather Observations (2nd ed.). San Diego CA: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-221420-2.
- ^ a b c «Bright band». Glossary of Meteorology. American Meteorological Society. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ a b «Glaze Ice». Archived from the original on 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ Oblack, Rachelle. «Glaze Ice Definition». Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ Munroe, Susan. «The Canadian ice storm of 1998». Retrieved 2009-07-18.
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1) Общая лексика: дождь, сопровождающийся оледенением, переохлаждённый дождь, вызывающий гололед , дождь с последующим гололедом
2) Техника: гололёд, дождь с образованием гололёда, переохлаждённый дождь
3) Автомобильный термин: дождь со снегом
4) Макаров: ледяной дождь
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Умеренный и сильный переохлажденный дождь (Moderate and heavy freezing rain) — 4.33 Умеренный и сильный переохлажденный дождь (Moderate and heavy freezing rain) . Осадки в виде частиц воды, которые замерзают при соприкосновении с землей или другими объектами. Имеют форму капелек размером более 0,5 мм (0,02 дюйма),… … Словарь-справочник терминов нормативно-технической документации
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But to Healy’s surprise, a glaze of freezing rain began to appear on the windshield.—
Jon Vara
This also explains why the stuff we call freezing rain … falls as a liquid but then turns to a sheet of ice when it strikes the pavement or a tree branch.—Frederick K. Lutgens et al.
compare hail entry 1, sleet entry 1, snow entry 1
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
There is a chance of freezing rain, sleet, or snow.
—Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2023
Near the Illinois-Wisconsin state line, temperatures around or below freezing are expected to cause freezing rain.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2023
About 700,000 customers between the two providers lost power from a rare ice and freezing rain storm.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2023
The National Weather Service said the mid-Atlantic region will see rain and snow by Monday evening, and some parts could experience freezing rain.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
In McGrath, 18 miles farther back on the trail, there was freezing rain and fuzzy cloud cover obscuring the nearby mountains and grounding planes.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2023
Winter storm conditions in Great Lakes region, New York In parts of Michigan, a winter storm watch is in effect from Tuesday evening through Thursday morning, bringing a mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow.
—Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
For a time, the only movement on our cameras is from the freezing rain.
—Ibtissem Guenfoud, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2023
Snowfall totals of 6 to 12 inches are forecast for much of the Northeast, while light freezing rain is possible across northern portions of the mid-Atlantic.
—Haley Brink, CNN, 26 Feb. 2023
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Meaning freezing rain
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0 A type of precipitation. Occurs when liquid rain hits a cold surface and then immediately freezes into ice. For this to occur, a surface temperature inversion is usually required. In such an inversion [..]
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0 freezing rainRain that freezes upon contact with objects on the ground.
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0 freezing rainRain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
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0 freezing rainliquid precipitation that hardens to ice when it touches a surface.
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0 freezing rainRain that freezes on objects such as trees, cars and roads, forming a coating or glaze of ice. Temperatures at higher levels are warm enough for rain to form, but surface temperatures are below 32 deg [..]
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0 freezing rainRain that falls as liquid and freezes upon impact to form a coating of glaze on the colder ground or other exposed surfaces. It is reported as "FZRA" in an observation and on the MET [..]
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0 freezing rainLiquid water droplets with a temperature below 0 deg. C (supercooled) that turn to ice when they hit a cold surface.
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0 freezing rainRain that falls in liquid form and then freezes upon impact with the ground or an item with a temperature of 32oF or less, possibly producing a thin coating of ice. Even in small amounts, freezing rain can cause traveling problems. Large amounts can pull down power lines and tree branches.
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0 freezing rainRain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
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0 freezing rainRain that becomes supercooled and freezes on impact with the ground or with objects on the earth’s surface. Freezing rain can cause great damage, due to the weight of ice accumulating on structures in extreme events. Freezing rain is not a common event in Australia.
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0 freezing rainPrecipitation that falls to the ground as liquid water, but freezes as ice upon contact with roads or sidewalks, or objects such as trees or wires. It occurs when warm air with temperatures above free [..]
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0 freezing rainRain that falls in liquid form and then freezes upon impact with the ground or an item with a temperature of 32 degrees Fahrenheit or less. Even in small amounts, freezing rain can cause traveling pro [..]
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0 freezing rainRain, the drops of which freeze on impact with the ground or with objects at or near the ground.
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0 freezing rainSupercooled raindrops that freeze on contact with cold surfaces.
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0 freezing rainRain
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0 freezing rainRain (drizzle) which freezes on contact to produce a coating of ice on the ground and other exposed surfaces.
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0 freezing rainRain that falls as liquid and freezes upon impact to form a coating of glaze on the colder ground or other exposed surfaces. It is reported as «FZRA» in an observation and on the METAR.
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0 freezing rainRain
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0 freezing rainRain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
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0 freezing rainRain that falls as liquid and freezes upon impact to form a coating of glaze on the colder ground or other exposed surfaces. It is reported as “FZRA” in an observation and on the METAR.
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I quickly discovered that trying to go play golf while living in Manhattan was about as easy as trying to grab a taxi while standing out in front of Saks Fifth Avenue in the freezing rain on the last shopping day before Christmas.
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FREEZING RAIN
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WHAT DOES FREEZING RAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Freezing rain
Freezing rain is the name given to rain that falls when surface temperatures are below freezing. Unlike a mixture of rain and snow, ice pellets, or hail, freezing rain is made entirely of liquid droplets. The raindrops become supercooled while passing through a sub-freezing layer of air many hundreds of feet above the earth, and then freeze upon impact with any surface they encounter. The resulting ice, called glaze, can accumulate to a thickness of several centimeters. The METAR code for freezing rain is FZRA. A storm that produces a significant thickness of glaze ice from freezing rain is often referred to as an ice storm. Freezing rain is notorious for causing travel problems on roadways, breaking tree limbs, and downing power lines. It is also known for being extremely dangerous to aircraft since the ice can effectively ‘remould’ the shape of the airfoil and flight control surfaces.
Definition of freezing rain in the English dictionary
The definition of freezing rain in the dictionary is rain in which the temperature of the water droplets is so low that they freeze on contact with surfaces.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FREEZING RAIN
Synonyms and antonyms of freezing rain in the English dictionary of synonyms
Translation of «freezing rain» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF FREEZING RAIN
Find out the translation of freezing rain to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of freezing rain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «freezing rain» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
冻雨
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
lluvia helada
570 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
ठंड बारिश
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
تجميد المطر
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
ледяной дождь
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
chuva gelada
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
বরফ বৃষ্টি
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
pluie verglaçante
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
hujan membeku
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
Einfrieren regen
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
冷たい雨
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
진눈깨비
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Beku udan
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
đóng băng mưa
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
உறைபனி மழை
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
थंड पाऊस
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
dondurucu yağmur
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
pioggia gelida
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Polish
marznący deszcz
50 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
крижаний дощ
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
ploaie congelare
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
παγωμένη βροχή
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
vries reën
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
kylt regn
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
kjølt regn
5 millions of speakers
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about freezing rain
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I quickly discovered that trying to go play golf while living in Manhattan was about as easy as trying to grab a taxi while standing out in front of Saks Fifth Avenue in the freezing rain on the last shopping day before Christmas.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FREEZING RAIN»
Discover the use of freezing rain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to freezing rain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology: Selected Papers …
The continuing freezing rain quickly forms a layer of ice, which is caused by a
lack of salt. Average higher intensity of precipitation on the road surface and
higher density of freezing rain (1 cm snow equals 0.1 cm water) influence the
balance …
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Wisconsin’s Weather and Climate
An ice storm produces an appreciable accumulation of ice from freezing rain or
freezing drizzle. For most of the nation, including Wisconsin, freezing rain
accounts for less than 10 percent of all winter precipitation. Nonetheless, from
1990 to …
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Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures
Note also that (1) air temperatures are recorded only to the nearest 1 °F, at best,
and may vary significantly from the recorded value in the region around the
weather station; (2) the wind speed during freezing rain has a significant effect on
the …
American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013
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Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather
Freezing rain most often forms when temperatures are below 0 C through the
depth of the atmosphere, except in a warm layer between the cloud base and a
freezing layer close to the ground. Snowflakes falling through the warm layer may
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Freezing rain is the name given to rain that falls when surface temperatures are below freezing.
Jesse Russel, Ronald Cohn, 2013
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Plant Disturbance Ecology: The Process and the Response
The southeastern Ontario, southwestern Quebec (including the St. Lawrence
Valley), Maritime Provinces, and Newfoundland regions show an average of 25
hours or more of freezing rain in a year. This regional distribution reflects quite
well …
Edward A. Johnson, Kiyoko Miyanishi, 2010
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Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and …
FOCUS ON A SPECIAL TOPIC F 100 mm Boston QUEBEC Quebec MAINE NEW
BRUNSWICK Freezing rain accumulations from January 4 to 10, 1998 40 mm 60
mm Atlantic Ocean ○ FIGURE 7 Freezing rain accumulations in millimetres …
C. Donald Ahrens, Peter Lawrence Jackson, Christine E. J. Jackson, 2012
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When Nature Strikes: Weather Disasters and the Law
Issued when freezing rain or freezing drizzle is forecast but a significant
accumulation is not expected. However, even small amounts of freezing rain or
freezing drizzle may cause significant travel problems. Freezing Fog. A
suspension of …
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Wilderness Camping & Hiking
Rain becomes supercool and freezes upon Impact with any cold surface.
Freezing rain deposited on tree branches^.- A rain shaft falling in a bay. Rain
Rain develops when growing cloud droplets become too heavy to remain in the
cloud and …
Sleet and freezing rain Ice storms occur when precipitation particles melt and
then fall through a layer of cold air near the ground. The two precipitation types
most common during ice storms are freezing rain and sleet. freezing rain forms
when …
Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison Director Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (Cimss) Steven A Ackerman, Steven A. Ackerman, John A. Knox, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FREEZING RAIN»
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Shelley Peterman Schwarz: Trouble on the tarmac
Gale-force gusts blew from the north carrying a fine mist of freezing rain. I had taken off my winter shawl when we arrived at the airport and it … «Madison.com, Jul 15»
Lake J.B. Thomas Historical Fill Up
Unfortunately, it was all freezing rain, so it wasn’t too good for travel around here,» adds Ahasic. Another contributing factor was the active … «NewsWest9.com, Jul 15»
Weather Update – Winter Storms, Freezing Rain 22:00 May 17 2015
Rain, Freezing Rain, and Snow are in the forecast for a growing part of the region as a low pressure storm system continues to slide across the … «Net Newsledger, May 15»
Sleet, freezing rain making for slippery roads
Freezing rain and up to an inch of snow is forecast for areas in northern, central and western Massachusetts, including the Merrimack Valley. «WCVB Boston, Apr 15»
Parts of GTA under freezing rain warning
TORONTO – Parts of the Greater Toronto Area are under a freezing rain warning Wednesday morning. Environment Canada says the … «Globalnews.ca, Apr 15»
TARA WALTON/TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO
… be the coldest day of the week with a daytime high of 4 C and an overnight low of -2 C. There might also be periods of rain or freezing rain. «Toronto Star, Apr 15»
Freezing rain warning over in Ottawa, Gatineau
Snow showers and freezing rain threatened to make for a treacherous commute in Ottawa and Gatineau, and across north and eastern Ontario … «CBC.ca, Apr 15»
Freezing rain potential for southern Ontario Wednesday to ease by …
Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 6:52 AM — Freezing rain warnings remain in effect for parts of southern Ontario, but a delay in active weather has made for a … «The Weather Network, Mar 15»
Freezing Rain Advisory expands to include Baltimore area
BALTIMORE —The National Weather Service has expanded a Freezing Rain Advisory to include Baltimore the metro area until noon. Related. «WBAL Baltimore, Mar 15»
Snowfall warning joins freezing rain warning in Manitoba
WINNIPEG – A snowfall warning has been issued for much of southern Manitoba as a storm moving through North Dakota affects the province. «Globalnews.ca, Mar 15»
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