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Can someone tell me what exactly a ice storm is,I seem to hear about them on the forums.What states get these most often and why?
Ice storms happen when a warm cloud rains above a layer of colder air. This lowers the temperature of the droplets to below zero, however it remains in liquid form. The droplets freeze into ice on impact when they fall onto a surface the temperature of which is close to, or below, freezing. The ice starts to build up on roads, trees, cars, powerlines, etc. Tree branches and powerlines often snap from the winds that can accompany the storms and essentially, the storm leaves quite a mess in it's wake. And of course, it takes forever for help to arrive because the cars and roads are all frozen.
I don't know exactly which northeastern states are prone to ice storms, but the states directly south of me have them often. They're too cold to have just rain and they're often too warm for it to snow. Kansas, Ok, Mo., and Ark. are some of the states that have them often.
We've actually had ice storms way up here. A few years ago we had one right after Thanksgiving and it was a rough one. It took weeks for everyone's electricity to be restored.
I don't know exactly which northeastern states are prone to ice storms, but the states directly south of me have them often. They're too cold to have just rain and they're often too warm for it to snow. Kansas, Ok, Mo., and Ark. are some of the states that have them often.
We've actually had ice storms way up here. A few years ago we had one right after Thanksgiving and it was a rough one. It took weeks for everyone's electricity to be restored.
Thanks so much.
In the northeast, upstate New York, Massachusettes, Vermont, northern Connecticut and Maine have the most problems with ice storms. I'm in southeastern New York when we have ice storms maybe once every three or four years. Because of our particular location, we usually have melting later the same day so it's not the issue that it can be in the areas I mentioned above.
We've get them here in NH. Here are some pics of our storms. You can see how the ice just creeps into the road limiting how much driving room you have.. Driving is a hazard and sometimes just steping on your front porch is one too.. I can do without them
thanks everyone that answered, and those are some cool pics too.
You should see it in person, its really amazing looking. Im not the biggest fan of ice storms, but I can live with em. Anyways, the next day is amazing looking, like everything is made of crystal or glass, really beautiful. An added bonus is when the sun shines the next morning, makes everything sparkle, like youre living in a crazy dream or something.
Can someone tell me what exactly a ice storm is,I seem to hear about them on the forums.What states get these most often and why?
You may hear reference to the great ice storm of '98 that knocked over powerlines in a large part of Maine and eastern Canada. An ice storm happens when warm wet air aloft falls as rain and makes it all the way to the ground as water then freezes on contact with the ground. Trees, houses, roads etc. are all below the freezing mark and stay there as the supercool water freezes and puts an ever building layer of ice on everything.
In severe cases such as the '98 storm here in Maine the ice got so thick and heavy it took out powerlines all over the state. Even large high tension towers collapsed. Trees were snapped in half from the weight by the tens of thousands. Roads were impassible for weeks. Roofs collapsed and people had to do without power for up to three weeks before all areas could be restored. We lost power at our house for over a week. Ice storms can be really nasty....but real pretty too.
I swear, Oklahoma must have ice storms the most of anywhere in the country. We almost always get two events per year, sometimes three and at least one of them is bad.
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