- Ice Storms: Hazardous Beauty
Illustrated article about the causes, effects, and eerie beauty of ice storms, winter storms characterized by persistent accumulations of freezing rain and ice.
www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/elements/icestorm.htm
- Freezing Rain: Supercooled Droplets Freezing on Impact
A scientific explanation of the weather phenomenon of freezing rain, with diagrams of how it forms and when it develops into an ice storm.
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/prcp/zr/frz.rxml
- The Weather Channel: Ice Storms
Short summary of ice storms, a weather phenomenon that often forms when an area of low pressure moves eastward across the northern Gulf of Mexico.
www.weather.com/encyclopedia/winter/ice.html
- Great Canadian Ice Storm, January 5-9, 1998 (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Ice_Storms/Great_Canadian_Ice_Storm__January_5_9__1998
- December 2008 Ice Storm of New England and Upstate New York - Wikipedia
Article about the December 2008 ice storm of New England and Upstate New York, the damaging ice storm that took out power for hundreds of thousands of people in those regions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2008_ice_storm_of_New_England_and_Upstate_Ne...
- FEMA Responds to New England Ice Storm
Find information on New Hampshire and Massachusetts severe winter storms. Learn how FEMA is working with the New England states affected by the recent ice storm that struck much of the Northeast.
www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=47098
- Ice Storm Warning - National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary
NWS urgent winter weather message postings for ice storms.
forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=Ice%20Storm%20Warning
- Fact Sheet: The Great Ice Storm of '51
Describes the ice storm that hit the state of Kentucky in January 1951, covering the area in ice and freezing rain.
kyclim.wku.edu/~new/factSheets/greatIceStorm.htm
- Freezing Precipitation in Europe
Presents background information, and reviews common European synoptic patterns and various forecasting techniques developed in Europe and the CONUS over the past two decades.
www.dcsintweb.hqusareur.army.mil/swo/svrwxguide/Chapter%204/guidec4.htm
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