Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Freezing Rain and Snow

Freezing Rain is a type of precipitation that begins as snow at higher altitude, falling from a cloud towards earth, melts completely on its way down while passing through a layer of air above freezing temperature, and then encounters a layer below freezing at lower level to become supercooled (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezing_rain). Freezing Rain can make things very dangerous to driving conditions. It can make the roads very slick. It can cause you to be without power for several hours.

Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow).

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