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Does freezing rain fall as liquid and then freeze upon contact at the ground level?

April 26, 2017contact fall freeze freezing ground level liquid rain

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Does freezing rain fall as liquid and then freeze upon contact at the ground level?

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Planes have a similar problem when flying. Temperature goes down about 4 degrees every thousand feet of altitude. If a plane hits those same conditions it will start picking up ice by passing through clouds or rain that is near freezing. In a matter of minutes a plane can become too heavy to fly.