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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.
Is rain dangerous and if so why?
In most cases no. Rain is usually harmless. In some cases excessive rain may lead to flooding, which causes many deaths.
Is thunder and rain dangerous to electric appliances?
Thunder is just noise, so no. No to rain, too, unless the appliance is outdoors. Lightning, which causes thunder, could be dangerous to appliances with delicate electronics in them.
How can it rain at 20 degrees Fahrenheit?
there would have to be a layer of above freezing air on top of the ground so the rain would start as snow and melt in the above freezing air and become supercooled and fall as freezing rain (rain that freezes on contact with anything).
How can it be raining if the temperature is below freezing?
This is because there is a temperature inversion at the surface, which can occur for several reasons. This means that the air above the surface is actually warmer, and in this case above freezing, than the air right on the ground. This causes snow from higher in the atmosphere to melt into raindrops, but the rain doesn't have enough time to refreeze into ice pellets (Sleet) before reaching the ground, so you get rain. This is called freezing rain though, since those sub-freezing temperatures on the ground cause the rain to freeze on contact. This creates a sheet of ice, or glaze, covering everything.
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 .
Can acid rain contaminate food?
Yes. I would say so.Actually, I (JEK) don't think so... It can certainly harm plants and reduce harvest yields, but I'm not so sure that it presents a health problem to eat foods that were affected by acid rain. Acid rain does not directly impact the health of humans (for instance, if it is rain or bodies of water are not dangerous due to acid rain). However the causes of acid rain, the oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, are dangerous.See the Web Links for more information about the causes and dangers of acid rain.
What are the differences between sleet and rain?
Freezing rain is possible on Sunday as a dynamic winter storm enters the state's atmosphere. Snow and rain are widely understood forms of precipitation, but often times freezing rain and sleet have people confused as to what they are and what makes them different. Between the two, freezing rain is considered as the more dangerous because it often immediately leads to very slippery roadways. It can also begin to build up as ice on power lines and tree limbs. During periods of heavy icing, freezing rain is often blamed for power outages. Sleet can also yield slick roadways, but often accumulates much in the way snow does. Interestingly, the term sleet is used almost exclusively in the United States. More often in the rest of the world sleet is referred to as what it actually is: ice pellets. Freezing rain falls in the atmosphere as a liquid. It freezes only when it comes in contact with surfaces that are at or below freezing. When freezing rain occurs, an ice glaze can develop easily on any surface it touches. In many cases, that would be roads and sidewalks and is one reason why bridges and overpasses can become so dangerous when freezing rain threatens. Sleet falls in the atmosphere as a solid pellet of ice. That is why it is commonly referred to as ice pellets. The precipitation is in a totally frozen solid state as it travels through the air, and when it hits the ground. Though it may melt after hitting the Earth's surface and re-freeze, that would be after the fact, and what separates it from freezing rain.
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 definition of freezing rain?
Freezing rain is caused when you have a precipitating cloud deck with a mass of warm air below it and then a thin mass of freezing air near the ground.When the precipitation falls from the cloud, it will generally be snow. As it encounters the warm air, it melts into the usual water droplets of rain. But right before it reaches the ground, it enters the layer of below-freezing air and quickly turns into super-cooled water droplets. On landing on any freezing object, it instantly turns into a layer of ice.That can turn streets into skating rinks in no time!It falls as a liquid, but when it hits the ground it freezes.
What causes the soils in former rainforests to deplete so quickly after they are used for farming?
Frequent rain causes the soil in former rain forests to deplete so quickly after they are used for farming.
Rain that freezes on the way down is?
This can be either sleet or freezing rain, though both technically start as snow and melt into rain. Sleet is rain that is able to freeze back into ice pellets before reaching the ground. Freezing rain is rain that does not have enough time to freeze into ice before reaching the ground - the cold layer is very shallow to the ground, so it is rain that freezes on contact with cold surfaces.
