But snow and ice storms can strike with only hours of warning and are difficult to predict. Both snow and ice cause power outages primary by weighing down tree limbs and power lines, causing them to break. Ice creates particular challenges because it is heavier and more prone to accumulate on limbs and lines. But it cannot remove all limbs that could strike lines in a storm. Trees well outside of the right of way can cause outages.
Freezing rain is rain that becomes supercooled and freezes on impact with surfaces.
It typically occurs on the cold side of a warm front, when ground temperatures are right at or just below 32 degress. View the legal notice and privacy statement .