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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.

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What are the forms of rain?

The different forms of rain include drizzle (small and light raindrops), showers (brief and intense rain), and heavy rain (continuous and strong rainfall). Additionally, there is freezing rain, which is rain that freezes upon contact with surfaces at or below freezing temperatures.


What temp does freezing rain occur?

Freezing rain occurs when the temputer ins below freezing


How does it change for snowfall or freezing rain?

When it gets above freezing when it rains then it gets below freezing it causes freezing rain.


What term describe rain that freeze when it hit the earth surface?

Freezing rain Sleet


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.


How are sleet and freezing rain and DIFFERENT?

well the answer to this is that mainly hail is found in a thunderstorm that is peices of ice getting bigger and bigger and it is to heavy for the clouds to hold anymore and sleet is just about the same as freezing rain, is rain that occurs when the rain falls into a cold area in the atmosphere where the temperature cold enough for the rain to freeze .


What is it called if rain freezes as soon as it hits a cold object?

The phenomenon of rain freezing on contact with a cold object is called "freezing rain".


What type of rain is -10 Celsius?

freezing rain


Which term describes rain that freezes when it hits the earths surface?

The term for rain that freezes when it hits the earth's surface is freezing rain.


Can it rain below freezing?

Yes, it is possible for it to rain below freezing temperatures. This typically occurs when the air closer to the ground is above freezing, causing rain to form, but freezes upon contact with surfaces that are at or below freezing. This phenomena is known as freezing rain.


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 hail always come with rain?

No, hail is freezing rain.