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re: Regarding this winter storm about to hit the South.....
Posted on 2/15/15 at 7:12 pm to sms151t
Posted on 2/15/15 at 7:12 pm to sms151t
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It can't be freezing rain if it's not below freezing.
But did Skoff change the forecast?
If it was below freezing, it wouldn't be rain. Freezing rain falls as liquid and then freezes later.
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Posted on 2/15/15 at 7:17 pm to Stonehog
But again it's not below 32 and the ground is still too warm for it to freeze.
Posted on 2/15/15 at 7:20 pm to Stonehog
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If it was below freezing, it wouldn't be rain. Freezing rain falls as liquid and then freezes later.
Surface temps are below freezing, warmer air aloft.
Posted on 2/15/15 at 7:27 pm to Stonehog
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Freezing rain falls as liquid and then freezes later.
It's warmer air aloft. The great enemy of southern snow. Basically the denser cold air goes to the surface first and if the cold air mass is deep enough it fill in that warm nose a couple thousand feet up.
So you get liquid near the surface and it lands as rain and then freezes on the surface.
ETA: Obviously it's just rain if the surface is above freezing too.
This post was edited on 2/15/15 at 7:29 pm
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