Below you will find example sentences with "freezing rain". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Freezing Rain in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: rain
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 21
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "freezing rain" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as chance of freezing rain between 7, chance of freezing rain during the, snow, chance and sleet stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with heavy rain, light rain, rain showers, light rain and rain showers, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with freezing rain
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Rain expected over southern sections, and risk of freezing rain in the morning. (13 words)
During the afternoon and evening, snow, rain, sleet and freezing rain will spread across the area. (16 words)
Fog, freezing rain, sleet and freezing temperatures are responsible for at least ten deaths in the US state of Oregon. (20 words)
As for the actual forecast, the NWS has a 30 percent chance of freezing rain during the overnight hours, a 60% chance of freezing rain between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., before a transition to just rain after 9 a.m. as temperatures warm above freezing. (48 words)
Thursday night rain and snow showers are expected to continue and possibly mix with freezing rain before 2 a.m., then a chance of snow showers between 2-5 a.m. There is a 90% chance of precipitation Thursday night. (40 words)
By Sunday, a chance of a bit of early morning snow, sleet and even some freezing rain is possible, before warmer air moves in, and changes the precipitation to plain rain by mid-afternoon or sooner. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
As for the actual forecast, the NWS has a 30 percent chance of freezing rain during the overnight hours, a 60% chance of freezing rain between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., before a transition to just rain after 9 a.m. as temperatures warm above freezing.
Fog, freezing rain, sleet and freezing temperatures are responsible for at least ten deaths in the US state of Oregon.
And there have been some hints of sleet and freezing rain out there, with surface temperatures right around or just below the freezing mark.
Freezing rain is possible in the city as unseasonably warm morning temperatures above 11C are forecast to near the freezing mark later in the day.
However, if the sub-freezing layer beneath the warm layer is too small, the precipitation will not have time to re-freeze, and freezing rain will be the result at the surface.
The National Weather Service said some areas of the Upper Midwest could see more than 12 inches of snow through Sunday, while other areas could see rain and freezing rain.
The system was expected to produce a mixture of snow, rain, and freezing rain in Northern New England by Thursday, forecasters said.
Rain changing to periods of snow or freezing rain late in the evening and ending overnight then cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries.
The snow will likely transition to freezing rain and sleet during the overnight hours before becoming all rain by dawn Saturday.
Thursday night rain and snow showers are expected to continue and possibly mix with freezing rain before 2 a.m., then a chance of snow showers between 2-5 a.m. There is a 90% chance of precipitation Thursday night.
A slight chance of snow and freezing rain before 11am, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 11am and noon.
During the afternoon and evening, snow, rain, sleet and freezing rain will spread across the area.
Rain expected over southern sections, and risk of freezing rain in the morning.
The statement from the weather service says snow will change to sleet and freezing rain in the evening then continue into the overnight before changing to rain late.
Tuesday the north half has the greatest potential of seeing light to moderate snowfall while the south will see more of a mixture of light freezing rain, snow and even some light rain.
By Sunday, a chance of a bit of early morning snow, sleet and even some freezing rain is possible, before warmer air moves in, and changes the precipitation to plain rain by mid-afternoon or sooner.
For the teachers, their chant – “Rain, snow, earthquake, lightning / Nothing can stop us from doing the right thing” – had a special resonance for those who had endured freezing rain and debilitating blisters.
In the overnight hours, the temperature dropped 25 degrees in Rochester and conditions went from fog to heavy rain, to freezing rain and snow.
Rain will be tapering off for parts of the evening, and then there will be a round of heavy, freezing rain making its way into the area starting around 3 a.m. as temperatures plummet.
Rain will change to freezing rain and sleet across the northwest counties through mid-morning, and across the rest of the Miami Valley through lunchtime.