Re: [at-l] Rime Ice

[bullard@northnet.org]

At 05:31 PM 4/14/99 EDT, ARTCLOUTMN@aol.com wrote:
>I realize this is a technicality but, isn't rime ice formed when watervapor 
>freezes directly to trees and other objects not from freezing rain?  An ice 
>storm is rain that freezes on contact to trees and other objects.  It
freezes 
>from a liquid state rather than from a gaseous state. I believe Rime Ice can 
>only occur at very low temperatures, when clouds and other forms of water 
>vapor freeze on contact and form very unusual shapes controlled by the flow 
>of air around the objects.  
>
I have some nice photos of rime ice on Whiteface Mountain in the
Adirondacks. Your definition is correct. Ice from ice storms is clear. Rime
ice is white.

Saunterer
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