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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.
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 expected to soak the city all night on Tuesday. “Unfortunately, rain ...
Since Aug. 20, Islip, located on central Long Island, has received only 0.40 of an inch of rain, compared to a historical average of 7.20 inches or 5% of the recent 30-year normal.
Freezing rain caused significant ice accumulations with some areas experiencing up to 1 inch (25 mm). [6] Several vehicle crashes occurred in the Willamette Valley. [7] The strong wind and ice accumulation in the Portland area resulted in widespread trees being blown down. [4] Over 200,000 customers lost power throughout the state.
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 ...
Freezing drizzle is extremely dangerous to aircraft in icing conditions, as the supercooled water droplets will freeze onto the airframe, degrading aircraft performance considerably. The loss and accident of American Eagle Flight 4184 on October 31, 1994, has been attributed to ice buildup due to freezing drizzle aloft.
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.
Black ice on a road in Germany. Black ice, sometimes called clear ice, is a coating of glaze ice on a surface, for example on streets or on lakes. The ice itself is not black, but visually transparent, allowing the often black road below to be seen through it and light to be transmitted.