"Freezing rain occurs when the layer of freezing air is so thin that the raindrops do not have enough time to freeze before reaching the ground," according to the NWS office in Blacksburg, Va.

When freezing rain occurs, ice builds up on roads, sidewalks, and power lines makes travel extremely hazardous. Ice accumulations of just 0.25 inches can cause significant disruptions, ...

Freshly fallen snow and heavy rain can all make a rush-hour commute frustrating, but freezing rain is perhaps the most deceiving and destructive of all winter precipitation. Simply put, freezing ...

Freezing rain can cause dangerous travel conditions even in small amounts, according to the NWS. What is sleet? Sleet happens when snowflakes are only partially melted in a shallow layer of warmer ...

Here's an explanation of how freezing rain and sleet form. Sleet forms in winter storms, while hail is a warm-season type of precipitation. Snow occurs when the atmosphere is "cold" all the way ...

Freezing rain freezes to anything it comes in contact with, causing a dangerous glaze of ice on roadways, trees, power lines and your vehicle.

Cleveland Winter storm impact rating: 5 out of 10 . Freezing rain is likely to fall leading up to the Thursday morning commute across northeastern Ohio, making roadways and sidewalks icy.

Heavy freezing rain is mixing with sleet, especially from the city and spots to the north – wherever temperatures are just above or below freezing. A mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain is ...

Freezing rain sometimes marks the southern edge of wintry precipitation in weather systems. That southern edge can dip into areas not used to dealing with wintry weather, such as the South.

Even though this may sound more hazardous than freezing rain, that's not the case. "Freezing rain is by far the most dangerous because it forms a solid sheet of ice, as opposed to sleet that just ...

When the sleet reaches the ground, it’s a bit springier than freezing rain or snow, but it can accumulate just like snow would. What is snow? Snow is what happens when precipitation freezes.