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This past weekend’s winter storm blanketed huge swaths of the country in snow, with up to two feet falling in some areas. Here’s why freezing rain can end up being so much more damaging to infrastructure than snow.
Many in the Chicago area Friday woke up to snow showers, with freezing rain, sleet and even graupel hitting the ground, with “bursts” of snow in some parts as the busy rush hour commute continues. “To the west and south,
Measuring ice totals from freezing rain is one of the trickiest measurements to take because ice does not coat the surfaces of objects evenly.
A layer of ice measured on a nearby power box showed about a quarter inch had accumulated.
Mississippi is bracing for a major winter storm this weekend and freezing rain could be among the worst impacts.
The NEXT Weather team breaks down four types of precipitation and what conditions create each one.
An Ice Storm Warning is in effect Saturday night through Sunday for freezing rain and sleet Saturday night into Sunday morning.
The storm during the Jan. 24-25 weekend can bring up to 18 inches of snow and possibly more to New Jersey. But sleet and freezing rain will move in on Sunday.
Freezing rain is headed to Central Texas this weekend. Here's when it will arrive and how much ice is expected to accumulate.
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