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Freshly fallen snow and heavy rain can all make a rush-hour commute frustrating, but freezing rain is perhaps the most deceiving and destructive of all winter precipitation.
In eastern North Carolina, where more freezing rain occurs instead of sleet and snow, a buildup of ice on trees can lead to widespread power outages.
Simply put, it's rain that freezes on contact with the ground, trees, cars and other surfaces when the ground is at or below freezing. This is analogous to water dripping in the back of an ...
As for sunlight, Virginia is about average in state rankings. [30] Areas on the Chesapeake Coast and Eastern Shore are brightest, while the west and north of the state is more cloudy. On the Winter Solstice, Virginia gets between 9 and 10 hours of sunlight. On the summer solstice, it gets between 14.5 and 15 hours.
Glaze from freezing rain on a large scale causes effects on plants that can be severe, as they cannot support the weight of the ice. Trees may snap as they are dormant and fragile during winter weather. Pine trees are also victims of ice storms as their needles will catch the ice, but not be able to support the weight.
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 ...
Both sleet and freezing rain are expected over the next few days as the current string of winter storms continues across the U.S. (2:40 p.m. ET) Howard University Operating Remotely; Campuses Are ...
Fallen trees on vehicles in The Annex after the ice storm. Toronto, Canada's largest city, was one of the hardest hit by the ice storm. The first wave of freezing rain began on 20 December; it coated the city in a significant but manageable quantity of ice. The second, more powerful wave of rain struck the city in the early morning of 22 December.