Arab weather - Sinan Khalaf - freezing rain, or freezing rain , or icy rain are all names for one natural phenomenon that is directly related to the weather, but what is freezing rain ? And how it is falling?
Freezing rain is a term given to rain when it falls in its liquid state, and it freezes directly upon contact with the surface of the earth forming a layer of ice, due to the decrease in surface heat to freezing.
The freezing rain journey begins as a normal raindrop that falls from the clouds in a liquid state during its passage through the middle atmosphere, when the temperature in this layer is higher than the freezing point, and is warmer than the surface of the earth, while the temperature on the surface of the earth is equal to or less than one degree Freezing, which causes these drops to freeze directly when they reach the ground and touch everything that is on them.
In order for rain to form, two important conditions must be met:
Freezing rain often affects negatively on human life and daily activities due to the extensive freezing and ice layer caused by freezing rain that limits the movement of people and makes them vulnerable to accidents such as slip, falls and vehicle accidents, in addition to their direct impact on many economic sectors and their destruction of infrastructure
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