Freezing rain
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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 i
Tree downed by a thick layer of glaze in downtown Ljubljana, Slovenia
Glaze on a tree in La Malbaie, Quebec
Ice on coniferous tree in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
A birch tree is badly bent under a thick layer of glaze ice in Celje, Slovenia
Rain and snow mixed
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Rain and snow mixed or sleet is precipitation composed of a mixture of rain and partially melted snow. Unlike ice pellets, which are hard, and freezing rain, which is fluid until striking an object wh
Freezing rain
…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 subfreezing layer of air…
2014 04 01 03 06 40 Rain and snow mixed in Elko, Nevada