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Most of the U.S. is dealing with brutally cold temperatures, along with heavy snow and ice, caused by an Arctic blast and a freezing Pacific storm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On 23rd December 2012, a warm frontal atmospheric system caused significant freezing rain at the Vienna International Airport. Analyses of Austrian C-band polarimetric weather radar data reveal cloud microphysical insights in the internal structure of such systems accompanied by the transition from snow toward ice pellets and subsequent freezing rain and warm rain. Polarimetric radar data are exploited using a recently suggested quasi-vertical profiles (QVP) technique. This method allows to analyze the evolution of the melting layer height and other important microphysical signatures as well as the following precipitation development with high temporal and vertical resolution. Because the QVP polarimetric radar data are represented in a height vs time format which is fully compatible with the format the data from vertically pointing remote sensors such as cloud radars or wind profilers are displayed, their combined use is very efficient for understanding and monitoring microphysical processes leading to precipitation formation. This is demonstrated by the joint analysis of the polarimetric and profiler data at the Vienna airport. The QVP methodology is particularly effective for monitoring weather in the terminal areas of airports because of its local coverage and high precision as well as its potential for nowcasting. The methodology is very easy to implement and its use along with traditional techniques for weather radar data analysis using PPIs and reconstructed RHIs looks very promising. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

More than 1,400 flights have already been canceled as of Tuesday morning, with 3.3 million people under an ice storm warning and 17 million people under a winter storm warning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers travel tips for Mount Washington, the tallest peak in the U.S. Northeast, and advises to be prepared for ice and freezing rain.

More than 300,000 households were without power early Friday morning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It's one of the deadliest sporting accidents in Chinese history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the efforts to address the effects of snow, freezing rain and ice on road conditions in Minneapolis, Minnesota. An anti-icing system was installed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation in 1999 to address winter weather-related accidents. The system was designed, installed and managed by Boschung America LLC.

Temperatures might plummet to record lows across the South. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author presents a personal narrative of his experiences of traveling along the Highway from North Bay to Thunder Bay in northern Ontario and discusses problems caused by freezing rain in Ontario which include prematurely warming up of weather and frozen waterways.

The article offers the author's tips for air pilot when making decisions concerning weather conditions. Among the recommendations are climbing to a warmer air when encountered with freezing rain, calling for a weather briefing, and understanding basic weather concepts. He also mentions the importance of applying common sense and good judgment.

The article discusses extreme conditions of the winter weather. Buildup of winds and snow that blow at 45 miles per hour or more is mentioned which is known as blizzard. Effects of freezing rain in the U.S. and Canada are discussed. Also discussed are chunks of ice produced by warm-weather thunderstorms known as hail.

Focuses on the freezing rain phenomena witnessed during the winter season in New York. Light beams refracting from branches; Back-lighted tree-twigs that give the illusion of concentric circles of ice; Popularity of the spectacle with tourists and locals alike.

The article reports on the weather conditions during the Winter season which involve freezing rain and polar vortex.

The article discusses a weather forecast for Thanksgiving Day-related travel in the East Cost region of the U.S. in 2013, focusing on 12 deaths which occurred as a result of a storm in the western and southern portions of America. Meteorologist Tom Kines is mentioned, along with weather-related predictions involving freezing rain, snow, and sleet in regions such as New England and the Carolinas. The American Automobile Association (AAA) and hazardous driving conditions are also examined.

The article reports on the impact of a storm in January 2012 on metal distribution in Seattle, Washington. Distributors and metal companies in the area were reportedly working their way out of a barrage of snow and freezing rain that temporarily halted shipments and deliveries in the week ending January 20. Electricity was lost in more than 250,000 homes and businesses in several Washington counties. Service Steel Aerospace Corp. also suspended shipping as a result of the storm.

This section offers news briefs related to corrosion control and materials industry worldwide in 2010. Stanford University researchers have created a method to make lightweight supercapacitors and batteries using silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes. A University of Utah engineer has developed a way to remove oil sheen from water using ozone gas. University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed a nanoparticle coating that resists freezing rain.

The article suggests that cyclists should take the negative things of their training, including, freezing rain, traffic-clogged roads, and flat front tyre, in the positive side to enjoy the sport.

An encyclopedia entry for events that took place all over the world in February 2008 is presented. U.S. President George W. Bush proposed a budget of 3.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2009. Suicide bombings in a pet market in Baghdad, Iraq, killed at least 99 people. China reported unusually low temperatures, freezing rain and the worst blizzards in five decades.

The article discusses the nature and composition of freezing rain and sleet which affected the northeastern part of the U.S. in 1998 and caused about $650 million in damages. Accordingly, freezing rain is caused by a cold rain that freezes when it reaches the ground, while a sleet is a snow which melts off when it passes the warm layer of the atmospheric air and freezes again in passing the freezing layer of the atmospheric air forming the sleet.

The article offers advice on taking care of plants and trees after a freezing rain. The trees should not be touched because one may do more harm than good. Branches that are most sensitive are birch, elm, cedar, juniper and orchard trees. Slow growing hardwoods such as oak, beech, and sugar maple are the sturdiest. It is important to allow nature to take care of the affected plants.

The article informs that performance is the utmost criterion to evaluate a gun. Nothing draws attention like a geezer-aged gun. People gather around, clucking like poultry at the quality of the polishing, the wood-to-metal fit, and the amount of obvious care that went into its manufacture, But when the gun is shot and the groups turn up down-range, they tend to lose interest. Even though blue steel and aged walnut may be prettier than fiberglass and stainless, but if one wants something that can take a week's worth of freezing rain and hold its zero, one has to go for accuracy and reliability of the gun.

The article reports that frozen ground forestry, permafrost provided a stable base for roads and homes, but that stability is vanishing. In Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, an insulating liner was needed 4 meters below a 100-meter section of sagging runway. At the Arctic port of Inuvik, freezing rain has replaced snow in several months and caused a 10-fold increase in the use of deicer and gravel at the airport. On the road connecting Inuvik to the rest of Canada, road engineers have used terrace embankments and insulation under new construction to keep the road from sinking and collapsing.

Presents several planting tips. Placement of containers with potting soil mixed with a controlled release fertilizer; Substitution of daisies and zinnias with cool-season bloomers; Protection of plants from freezing weather by placing pots under an overhang.

Recounts author's experience of four days without electricity in freezing weather. Description of her place as the snow turned to freezing rain overnight; Difficulty to do anything the moment the sun went down; Survival tips.

Reports that freezing rain and winds whipped through Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Northern New York and Canada at the start of 1998. Parts in Canada that experienced the hardest hit; City in Canada where the state of emergency was declared; How Marjorie Northrup of Montreal described the streets in Canada.