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Rain with ice balls is called...
Freezing rain
Rain maintained at temperatures below freezing
Freezing rain is rain maintained at temperatures below freezing by the ambient air mass that causes freezing on contact with surfaces.
What precipitates freezing rain
Unlike a mixture of rain and snow or ice pellets, freezing rain is made entirely of liquid droplets. The raindrops become supercooled while passing through a sub-freezing layer of air hundreds of meters above the ground, and then freeze upon impact with any surface they encounter, including the ground, trees, electrical wires, aircraft, and automobiles.[1] The resulting ice, called glaze ice, can accumulate to a thickness of several centimeters and cover all exposed surfaces.
The METAR code for freezing rain is FZRA.
A storm that produces a significant thickness of glaze ice from freezing rain is often referred to as an ice storm. Although these storms are not particularly violent, freezing rain is notorious for causing travel problems on roadways, breaking tree limbs, and downing power lines from the weight of accumulating ice.
Downed power lines cause power outages i
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