ice storm
Slick winter peril
An ice storm is a weather event in which freezing rain coats surfaces with a layer of ice.
Unlike snow, the precipitation falls as liquid before freezing on contact with cold ground, trees, and power lines.
Ice storms cause widespread damage—downed branches, power outages, hazardous roads: The ice storm left thousands without electricity for days.
- freezing rainPrecipitation forming ice on surfaces
- slippery roadsSurfaces lacking traction
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- sleetPartly frozen precipitation
- polar vortexPersistent circulating cold air mass
winter weather advisory · hoarfrost · cold snap · power outage · avalanche · icy · wind chill · nor'easter · brittle · snowfall · glaze · glacial · transformer · road closure · salt trucks · snowstorm · winter · windshield
- weather phenomenatornado, wind, hurricane, gust, blizzard
- weather termssunny, rainy, cloudy, snowy, windy
- Cold RegionsArctic, Antarctica, tundra regions, polar regions, Siberia
- northern weatherblizzard, blizzards, snowfall, cold snap, cold
- severe stormstornado, hurricane, supercell, typhoon, cyclone
- weather safetytornado warning, hurricane warning, blizzard warning, flood warning, weather alert
ice stormheat wave
Extended extreme warmth
scorcher · hot spell · firestorm · extreme heat · drought
ice stormdrought
Prolonged water scarcity
dry spell · dust storm · desert heat · clear skies · sandstorm
ice stormfair weather
Pleasant, dry climate
clear skies · mild weather · sunny day · blue skies · Indian summer
ice, storm, stormy, icicle, thunderstorm, brainstorm, icebox, sandstorm, hailstorm