The warm air allows precipitation to fall as liquid rain, but when it lands on the ground, where temperatures are at or below freezing, that rain quickly freezes on contact with those surfaces.

The good news is that this will not be very impactful freezing rain, for several reasons: 1) Showers will be light and intermittent, so only a tenth of an inch or less of ice is expected.

But he also cautioned freezing rain can be difficult to predict ... mixed with melting ice and snow and partially frozen ground conditions will result in "higher-than-normal" water levels ...

VIDEO: Scientists at the Mount Washington Observatory said recent freezing rain and glaze ice conditions made Monday a ...

Freezing rain and ice pellets are underrated hazards ... Cold air is dense and tends to hug the ground. If winds blow lighter warm air into the region, that warm air can rise up and over the cold air ...

Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a special weather statement for Montreal on Thursday morning, forecasting heavy rain. Total rainfall amounts of 15 to 25 mm is expected to fall in a few ...

As the recent run of mostly dry and sunny weather came to an end, Met Éireann forecast heavy and persistent rain and a chance ...

have snapped off and fallen to the ground in this maple bush in the Orillia area following the ice storm on the weekend. (Submitted by Edith George) The federal weather agency said freezing rain ...

The Greater Toronto Area and other parts of southwestern Ontario could see heavy rainfall and freezing rain on Wednesday, Environment Canada says, as a second spring storm hits the region in less than ...

Freezing rain is just one of the many different precipitation types that could fall in different areas in the state from late Friday night through Mon ...