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Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 1/9/2014 5:22 PM, Snag wrote:
She's OK , one bruise from the seat belt and a couple of bruises from
where she slipped and fell down . It was so slick last night and this
morning that if there was the slightest slope you slid downhill . This one
was so bad because it was freezing rain falling on frozen ground . It makes
me wonder , how can it be raining when the air temp is like 29* ? Why isn't
it SNOW by the time it hits ?

Under these circumstances, the air close to the ground is colder
than the air aloft. Rain can fall through the colder air.

Snow forms under specific conditions, which aren't present at
29 F on the ground.

I've wondered why NYS gets 35F and snowing. Guess
some things will never really be explained to me.

The air aloft is colder than the air near the ground.
The snow falls quickly enough that it doesn't entirely
melt on its way down.

Cindy Hamilton
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