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Liquid does not freeze unless the temperature is 32 degrees or less, whether it is freezing rain, snow, or sleet. The difference in what falls from the sky (snow or freezing rain) depends on where the freezing temperature is located. For example, if the temperature on the ground is 32 degrees or less, but the air temperature is warmer then 32 degrees, then the precipitation will come down as rain UNTIL it hits the ground or an object, then it freezes. If the ground and everything above the ground is 32 degrees or below, then the precipitation will come down as snow.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 12y agoFreezing rain is super-cooled, that is, it remains in the liquid state even though it is below the freezing point of water.
It freezes when it touches any surface that is at a temperature below freezing.
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∙ 12y agoWhen the atmospheric temperature reaches 52OF, it rains.
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∙ 9y agoThe temperature of rain water is determined by the weather and location of the environment. Up in the higher elevations, the temperature would be around 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
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∙ 12y agoi dont think there is a temperature for freezing rain. the rain has to hit ground that is cold enough for the rain to freeze
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∙ 13y agoOver 32 degrees
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∙ 13y agoIt can rain at any temperature.
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Water drops that fall when the temperature is above freezing?
rain because if its above freezing then it wont be snow or freezing rain because they would freeze below freezing and not above freezing:)
What are the water drops that fall when temperature is above freezing?
rain
What is the difference between sleet rain and freezing rain?
Freezing rain occurs when the layer of freezing air is so thin that the raindrops do not have enough time to freeze before reaching the ground. ... Sleet is simply frozen raindrops and occurs when the layer of freezing air along the surface is thicker. This causes the raindrops to freeze before reaching the ground.
What type of cloud produces freezing rain?
Freezing rain can come from Cumulonimbus and Nimbostratus clouds, but the clouds are not responsible for the freezing rain. If the precipitation falls from the clouds as snow it must pass through a warm layer of air to melt the snow flakes into rain drops. Then the raindrops must pass through a frigid layer of air that super-cools them. Finally, the rain instantly turns to ice if it lands on a surface that has a temperature below freezing. Then you know you have freezing rain. (see Related Link below for more detail on freezing rain.)
Does freezing rain fall as liquid and then freeze upon contact at the ground level?
It can be the case. That type of weather is terrible for driving and outside work. Sleet is rain that freezes on the way to the ground. The typical scenario for freezing rain is an atmospheric temperature of just above freezing and a ground temperature below freezing. If the rain itself is just above freezing, hitting the ground causes instant ice. Planes have a similar problem when flying. Temperature goes down about 4 degrees every thousand feet of altitude. If a plane hits those same conditions it will start picking up ice by passing through clouds or rain that is near freezing. In a matter of minutes a plane can become too heavy to fly.
How is rain different from freezing rain?
Freezing rain is composed of super-cooled waterwhich freezes on contact with any freezing surface, forming glaze ice.Ordinary rain has a temperature above freezing and will not instantly turn to ice.
Water drops that fall when the temperature is above freezing?
rain because if its above freezing then it wont be snow or freezing rain because they would freeze below freezing and not above freezing:)
Temperature below freezing means snow?
Snow does occur when temperature is below freezing because snow is just frozen rain . Lets say it rains , and the temperature is below freezing , that rain would become snow . So temperature below freezing means having snow is true .
How is rain freezing?
when the temperature on earth surface is very less or the earth is covered with a thick layer of ice then the rain will be freezing as ice.
What are the water drops that fall when temperature is above freezing?
rain
If the temperature is below freezing does rain fall?
It becomes sleet...
Water drops that fall when the temperature is below freezing fall as?
Water drops that fall when the temperature is below freezing, fall as SNOW . Water drops that fall when the temperature is above freezing fall as RAIN .
What form of precipitation will fall when the air temperature is above freezing?
Rain.
What are som facts about freezing rain?
It freezes in ground temperature and is very dangerous
What is temperature at which l rain falls?
Anything above the freezing point, 0* Celsius. Below freezing point, rain turns into snow, sleet, slush or hail.
Why does rainfall occur in India during winter?
Rain occurs when water is evaporated in the sky and the clouds can not contain anymore water. When it is below freezing temperature it is snow, but when it is above freezing temperature it is rain. In India it is hot in winter and summer. So it will rain instead of snow.
What is the difference between sleet rain and freezing rain?
Freezing rain occurs when the layer of freezing air is so thin that the raindrops do not have enough time to freeze before reaching the ground. ... Sleet is simply frozen raindrops and occurs when the layer of freezing air along the surface is thicker. This causes the raindrops to freeze before reaching the ground.
