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Freezing rain, because it basically creates a sheet of ice covering everything. At least with sleet, it can't accumulate on powerlines or tree branches, and you can just shovel it away like snow, albeit with more difficulty.

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What are two forms of precipitation?

* Rain * Snow * Sleet * Hail * 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.


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.


When snow passes through warm air melts and refreezes near the ground it becomes?

This is freezing rain. If the layer of cold air is deep enough, it freezes completely into sleet. But if it is only at the surface, it will fall as rain that freezes on cold surfaces - freezing rain.


Compare and contrast freezing rain and sleet?

Freezing rain occurs when rain falls and freezes upon contact with surfaces, creating a smooth and transparent ice layer. Sleet consists of ice pellets formed when raindrops freeze before reaching the ground. Freezing rain poses a greater hazard as it creates a slippery ice glaze on surfaces, while sleet accumulates as small ice pellets on the ground.