Difference between revisions of "Supercooled rain"
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| − | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Liquid [[precipitation]] at temperatures below [[freezing]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">At midlatitudes, supercooled rain often forms first as an [[ice crystal]] or [[snow]] in the [[clouds]], which then melts as it falls through an elevated layer of air warmer than freezing before reaching the thick bottom layer of cold air that cools the [[drop]] below freezing. A supercooled drop freezes instantly on contact with surfaces such as electrical power lines, trees, and roads during an [[ice storm]]. <br/>''See'' [[glaze]].</div><br/> </div> | + | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Liquid [[precipitation]] at temperatures below [[freezing]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">At midlatitudes, supercooled rain often forms first as an [[ice crystal]] or [[snow]] in the [[clouds]], which then melts as it falls through an elevated layer of air warmer than freezing before reaching the thick bottom layer of cold air that cools the [[drop]] below freezing. A supercooled drop freezes instantly on contact with surfaces such as electrical power lines, trees, and roads during an [[ice storm|ice storm]]. <br/>''See'' [[glaze]].</div><br/> </div> |
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Latest revision as of 18:02, 25 April 2012
supercooled rain
Liquid precipitation at temperatures below freezing.
At midlatitudes, supercooled rain often forms first as an ice crystal or snow in the clouds, which then melts as it falls through an elevated layer of air warmer than freezing before reaching the thick bottom layer of cold air that cools the drop below freezing. A supercooled drop freezes instantly on contact with surfaces such as electrical power lines, trees, and roads during an ice storm.
See glaze.
See glaze.
