Clear ice
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Clear ice refers to a solid precipitation which forms when the air temperature is between 0 and -3°C and there are supercooled droplets of water (from freezing fog) which deposit slowly in form of transparent ice without air or other impurities. A similar phenomenon occurs when freezing rain or drizzle hit a surface and is called glaze.
Clear ice differs from rime ice because this one is less homogenous; like rime ice, however, clear ice deposits preferentially on branches and overhead lines, where is particularly dangerous due to its relative high density.
- Weather Glossary, C. The Weather Channel