What Is Freezing Rain
Jan 2, 2025we explain why freezing rain is the worst of the precipitation types, as far as impacts are concerned. 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.
2 days agomississippi is bracing for a major winter storm this weekend and freezing rain could be among the worst impacts. 1 day agofreezing rain and sleet, though they are different in appearance, are very similar in how they are formed. Like freezing rain, sleet starts as snow, then melts and forms.
3 days agometeorologist elliot wilson talks about freezing rain and how it forms. Jan 7, 2026freezing rain and black ice are not the same; Though freezing rain can cause black ice.
Jan 5, 2025freezing rain forms under very specific atmospheric conditions. Freezing rain is simply rain that falls into a shallow layer of below-freezing temperatures. Jun 9, 2025freezing rain happens when precipitation falls as liquid raindrops, then freezes as it hits individual objects on the ground whose temperatures are below 32 degrees fahrenheit.
Apr 1, 2025this rare and fascinating type of precipitation occurs when liquid rain hits a cold surface and rapidly freezes, creating a slick (and often very pretty) layer of ice.
