Glaze ice over a playground after an
icestorm
Glaze ice is a smooth, transparent and
homogenous ice
coating occurring when
freezing rain
or
drizzle hits a surface. It is
similar in appearance to
clear ice, which
forms from supercooled
water droplets.
It is a relatively common occurrence in the
Great
Lakes
region and usually causes only minor damage,
relieving trees of their dead branches etc. When in large
quantities however, it is one of the most dangerous types of
winter precipitation as
once it hits a surface, it instantly freezes onto it. In
volumes, this type of ice can bring down power lines and trees, due
to the great weight on them from the ice formed. An example of this
danger is the
North
American ice storm of 1998.
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