bonus2010
10th February, 2012, 09:18 PM
"Freezing Rain"
I've been listening to the BBC weather forcasts over the last couple of days, and heard this new term 'freezing rain'. Tbh I've never heard this term before in describing the weather in my whole life lol... even spoke to relatives in their 70s, and they agreed also that they've never heard of 'freezing rain' either.
Listening to the BBC they'd have you believe that this is a rare phenomenon of British weather. Hey, it must be rare alright! Maybe it's the first time we've ever had 'freezing rain' in Britain.
My initial thoughts were:- How can you have 'freezing rain'? I mean, rain being water is either frozen, in which case it's snow, hailstone or sleet ..... or as in rain it's just liquid water.. pure water freezes at 0 degrees C.
Decided to do some research on the Internet....
Amazingly the BBC has just created a video to describe what 'freezing rain' is... Giving me some confidence.. maybe I'm not the only person that doesn't know what 'freezing rain' is. Interestingly towards the end of the video it is described that when the water/rain hits the surface it turns into 'glazed ice' Hey, this is another new term for me. (glazed - thought that was to do with glazed icing on cakes lol) :confused:
The video explains that 'freezing rain' is about the creation of 'glazed ice' This 'glazed ice' must be a new thing as well!
As I understand..the rain is not frozen prior to hitting the surface, it's just very cold, (but not zero degrees), but when the rain hits the surface it then freezes, to become 'glazed ice'.
I'm just wondering if anyone else has heard the term 'freezing rain' or about this 'glazed ice' in BBC weather reporting years prior to the last couple of days ? :)
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BBC weather forecaster Nick Miller explains 'Freezing Rain' and 'Glazed Ice'
BBC News - What conditions cause freezing rain? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16960734)
I've been listening to the BBC weather forcasts over the last couple of days, and heard this new term 'freezing rain'. Tbh I've never heard this term before in describing the weather in my whole life lol... even spoke to relatives in their 70s, and they agreed also that they've never heard of 'freezing rain' either.
Listening to the BBC they'd have you believe that this is a rare phenomenon of British weather. Hey, it must be rare alright! Maybe it's the first time we've ever had 'freezing rain' in Britain.
My initial thoughts were:- How can you have 'freezing rain'? I mean, rain being water is either frozen, in which case it's snow, hailstone or sleet ..... or as in rain it's just liquid water.. pure water freezes at 0 degrees C.
Decided to do some research on the Internet....
Amazingly the BBC has just created a video to describe what 'freezing rain' is... Giving me some confidence.. maybe I'm not the only person that doesn't know what 'freezing rain' is. Interestingly towards the end of the video it is described that when the water/rain hits the surface it turns into 'glazed ice' Hey, this is another new term for me. (glazed - thought that was to do with glazed icing on cakes lol) :confused:
The video explains that 'freezing rain' is about the creation of 'glazed ice' This 'glazed ice' must be a new thing as well!
As I understand..the rain is not frozen prior to hitting the surface, it's just very cold, (but not zero degrees), but when the rain hits the surface it then freezes, to become 'glazed ice'.
I'm just wondering if anyone else has heard the term 'freezing rain' or about this 'glazed ice' in BBC weather reporting years prior to the last couple of days ? :)
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BBC weather forecaster Nick Miller explains 'Freezing Rain' and 'Glazed Ice'
BBC News - What conditions cause freezing rain? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16960734)