Specific temperatures and conditions are required to produce freezing rain and sleet.
WASHINGTON, Mo. — When it happens, freezing rain is a major disruption to people’s lives, making it dangerous to venture outside on foot and on the road.
But what is freezing rain and why does it happen? What is sleet? Particular conditions need to be met for these types of precipitation to fall instead of snow.
Here’s what we know.
How freezing rain and sleet form, and how they’re different from snow
What form precipitation will take as it falls to the surface depends on the temperature of the layers
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