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NBC New York Updated December 16, 2024 at 6:37 AM For the counties under the advisory, people will likely see snow initially before transitioning to freezing rain overnight.
This might be a New Year’s ball drop we’d all like to soon forget. The estimated 1 million revelers set to ring in 2025 in the Big Apple are in for a very soggy time in Times Square, with rain ...
Temperatures will remain below-freezing heading into the weekend thanks to frigid arctic air circling the region, Fox Forecast Center Meteorologist Stephanie van Oppen told The Post on Tuesday.
An ice storm, also known as a glaze event or a silver storm, is a type of winter storm characterized by freezing rain. [1] The U.S. National Weather Service defines an ice storm as a storm which results in the accumulation of at least 0.25-inch (6.4 mm) of ice on exposed surfaces.
Rain has pushed from the Ohio Valley to the Appalachians as of Sunday afternoon and some of it reached the Atlantic coast into Monday morning. New York City picked up 0.17 inches of rain Sunday night.
Because freezing rain does not hit the ground as an ice pellet (called "sleet") but still as a rain droplet, it conforms to the shape of the ground, or object such as a tree branch or car. This makes one thick layer of ice, often called "glaze". Freezing rain and glaze ice on a large scale is called an ice storm. Effects on plants can be severe ...
The Great Lakes region of New York sees the highest annual rain and snow amounts in the state of New York, and heavy lake-effect snow is common in both western and central New York in winter. In the hotter months, large, long-lived complexes of thunderstorms can invade the state from points to the west, while tropical cyclones can bring rains ...
Freezing rain does not bounce when it hits the ground like sleet, and it does not run off as warm rain does. Due to its resemblance to ordinary rain, its onset may catch some off-guard until it ...