What is the difference between frost and freezing?

2019-12-30 2019-12-30T12:30:50Z
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The ritual of the Arabs - not many people distinguish between the concepts of frost and freezing, and many believe that they denote the same weather condition, except to eat a term from them denotes a different situation, so what is the difference between them?

 

 

What are the types of frost?

 

The difference between frost and freezing

 

Frost

It is the condition that results from a decrease in the air temperature to zero degrees centigrade or less and the water changes from the liquid state to the solid state, or water vapor from the gaseous state to the solid directly, and when this condition occurs in an agricultural area it affects the fluids in the tissue of plants and may lead To destroy it.

 

Radioactive frost occurs when the air temperature drops to dew, and the air becomes saturated with water vapor (the temperature is equal to the dew point), then it condenses and turns water vapor into water droplets on the "dew" surfaces. If the temperature drops to zero or below, then Water droplets freeze frost problem.

 

What is radioactive frost and what factors help its formation?

Frost can be resistant in this case and reduce its effects on plants by moving the air by fans or raising the temperature by burning tires, for example.

 

Freezing

This condition occurs if the air mass is very cold and very dry, that is, there is a big difference between the temperature and the dew point, so whatever temperature has decreased and even if it reaches or below zero degrees, and without reaching the dew degree (the temperature does not equal the dew point), Here dew does not form and therefore frost does not form, but freezing occurs if water is available on the surfaces.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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