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Freezing Precipitation: Precipitation that is liquid, but freezes upon impact with a solid surface, such as the ground or other exposed surfaces.

Frozen Precipitation: Precipitation that reaches the ground in a frozen state. Examples include snow, snow pellets, snow grains, ice crystals, ice pellets, and hail.

Mixed Precipitation: Any of the following combinations of freezing and frozen precipitation: snow and sleet, snow and freezing rain, or sleet alone. Rain may also be present.

Precipitation: Any and all forms of water, liquid or solid, that falls from clouds and reaches the ground. This includes drizzle, freezing drizzle, freezing rain, hail, ice crystals, ice pellets, rain, sno . . . View Full Definition

Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF): A forecast of rainfall, snowfall or liquid equivalent of snowfall.

Freezing The Puck: When a player pushes the puck against the boards so that it canít be played. The goaltender can also freeze the puck in the goal crease by covering it up.

Freezing Rain: Rain that falls as liquid and freezes upon impact to form a coating of glaze on the colder ground or other exposed surfaces. It is reported as 'FZRA' in an observation and on the METAR.

Freezing Fog: Used to describe the phenomena when fog is present and the air temperature is below 0°C. It is reported as 'FZFG' in an observation and on the METAR.

Freezing Drizzle: Drizzle, falling as a liquid, but freezing on impact with the colder ground or other exposed surfaces. It is reported as 'FZDZ' in an observation and on the METAR.

Freezing Point: The process of changing a liquid to a solid. The temperature at which a liquid solidifies under any given set of conditions. Pure water under atmospheric pressure freezes at 0°C or 32°F. It . . . View Full Definition