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Meteorologymedium#134

Freezing rain occurs when:

A

Snow melts falling through a warm layer, then becomes supercooled in a cold layer near the surface

Correct
B

Rain freezes in cumulonimbus clouds

C

Hail forms in stratiform clouds

D

Ice crystals fall from cirrus clouds

Explanation

Freezing rain forms when snow melts in a warm layer aloft, then the rain droplets become supercooled passing through a sub-zero layer near the surface and freeze on contact.

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