Freezing drizzle is drizzle that freezes on contact with the ground or an object at or near the surface. Its METAR code is FZDZ. Although freezing drizzle...

code for drizzle is DZ and for freezing drizzle is FZDZ. While most drizzle has only a minor immediate impact upon humans, freezing drizzle can lead to...

accompanied by drizzle. Sunlight often cannot sufficiently penetrate the fog layer, keeping temperatures below freezing. Episodes of freezing drizzle occasionally...

into: Liquid precipitation: Drizzle (DZ) Rain (RA) Cloudburst (CB) Freezing/Mixed precipitation: Freezing drizzle (FZDZ) Freezing rain (FZRA) Rain and snow...

and snow precipitations. Freezing rain often causes major power outages by forming glaze ice. When the freezing rain or drizzle is light and not prolonged...

or absorbed by the particles.[citation needed] With fog, occasional freezing drizzle and snow can occur. This usually occurs when temperatures are below...

from above by descending air. Drizzle becomes freezing drizzle when the temperature at the surface drops below the freezing point. The thickness of a fog...

A freezing rain advisory was an advisory issued by the National Weather Service in the United States when freezing rain or freezing drizzle was expected...

Latin prefix strato-, meaning "layer". Stratus clouds may produce a light drizzle or a small amount of snow. These clouds are essentially above-ground fog...

else a freezing rain or drizzle advisory is issued; in some areas, the criterion is 1⁄2 inch (13 mm) instead. Prior to October 2017, a freezing rain advisory...