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.

Graupel, hail, sleet, freezing rain and snow all form differently on the way down from a cloud. Here's how to tell one from another.

2013年12月8日 · Freezing rain occurs when snowflakes descend into a warmer layer of air and melt completely. When these liquid water drops fall through another thin layer of freezing air just above the surface, they don't have enough time to refreeze before reaching the ground.

2025年1月2日 · Freezing rain occurs when the atmosphere is too warm for snow, but the ground is freezing. Freezing rain can cause major tree damage and widespread power outages.

2025年1月3日 · Freezing rain happens when snowflakes go through a warm layer of air and melt completely. These waterdrops then go through a thin layer of freezing air just above the surface but...

2024年1月31日 · Like sleet, freezing rain usually starts as snowflakes, and then falls through a warm layer in the atmosphere where it turns into rain. It refreezes when it touches surfaces that are below freezing temperatures.

2022年1月24日 · Winter storms can sometimes unleash a surprising amount of sleet and freezing rain. But how do these different types of precipitation form?

Freezing rain follows a similar journey as sleet, but instead of a thin pocket of warm air, freezing rain falls through a larger pocket of warm air in the middle of its journey. Freezing rain begins as snow, but when it reaches the warm pocket, it melts and becomes rain.

2024年12月3日 · Freezing rain is a type of winter precipitation that falls as liquid water but freezes upon contact with surfaces. Freezing rain forms under specific atmospheric conditions and causes hazards. The causes of freezing rain involve temperature inversions and …

2025年1月17日 · Freezing rain is simply rain that falls through a shallow layer of cold temperatures at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius) near the surface. When this rain becomes...