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, the surface must have a temperature below freezing, while the temperature of the atmosphere where the precipitation forms is above freezing.
Rain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
Rain that turns to ice as it strikes cold objects or the cold ground.
Rain that freezes upon impact and forms a glaze on the ground or exposed objects.
rain that falls onto a surface with a temperature below freezing causing it to freeze to the surface, forming a coating of ice or glaze.
Rain which freezes on impact to form a coating of ice upon the ground and on the objects it strikes. This coating is called a glaze. A freezing rain warning is usually issued when slippery driving and walking conditions are expected, and/or when freezing rain may damage trees, power lines, or other structures.
Precipitation that falls in liquid form but freezes upon contact with cold objects.
Supercooled raindrops that freeze when they come into contact with something.
rain or drizzle that freezes on impact with objects. Also known as freezing drizzle or ice storm.
Rain that falls into a layer of sub-freezing air. Freezing rain results in a coating of ice on all surfaces.
Precipitation the starts out as rain, but when it hits the ground it instantly freezes. (see Glaze)
Rain that freezes upon contact with a cold object.
Rain 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, 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.
Rain or drizzle that freezes immediately upon striking an object. Formed by liquid rain falling through a sub-freezing layer of air and becoming super-cooled.
Rain that freezes upon contact with a surface that is below the freezing point of 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius).
Rain which falls as liquid then freezes upon impact, resulting in a coating of ice on exposed objects.
precipitation that falls as rain and freezes when it hits the ground or other surfaces
Supercooled liquid raindrops that freeze on contact with the ground. Freezing rain will form a layer of ice on any surface instantly.
rain that falls as liquid water but freezes upon impact to form a coating of ice upon the ground and on exposed objects
Supercooled drops of water that turn to ice when they hit a cold surface.
Made of supercooled raindrops. The rain falls in liquid form but freezes when it hits the ground or an exposed object, creating a coating of ice known as glaze.
Supercooled rain that falls in liquid form and then freezes upon striking a cold object or ground.
Rain which freezes on impact to form a coating of ice upon the ground and on the objects it strikes. A freezing rain warning is issued if more than 4 hours of continuous freezing rain, or 7 hours of freezing drizzle, are expected.
rain that freezes to a surface upon contact because of the cold temperature of the surface.
Freezing rain is rain that freezes when it hits the ground, creating a coating of ice on roads and walkways.
Rain that falls as liquid water but freezes on contact with a cold surface.
rain, the drops of which freeze on impact with the ground or with objects on the earth's surface or with aircraft in flight.
Rain 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.
Freezing rain begins as snow or rain, falling from a cloud towards earth, and, melts completely (if it started as snow) on its way down through a layer of relatively warm (above freezing) air. As it falls toward the earth's surface, it encounters a layer of colder air and becomes supercooled, and the water freezes upon impact.Glossary of Meteorology. http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse?s=f&p=38 F. Retrieved on 2006-12-08.