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Why are ice storms difficult to forecast?

Updated: 8/21/2019
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Freezing rain occurs when snow falls through an above freezing layer of air to melt and then a subfreezing layer to become supercooled. However, a similar temperature profile could also produce sleet or other forms of precipitation. It only takes a small change to this profile to change what precipitation you get. It is difficult to make predictions with such a small margin for error.

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