PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Freezing rain occurs when snow falls into a pocket of warmer air, where it melts, before reaching a thin layer of freezing-cold air near the Earth’s surface.

The warm nose is a shallow layer of air with above-freezing temperatures ... and some scattered, regular rain. Any outdoor events for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day shouldn't have any problems ...

Precipitation starts up in the atmosphere in a warmer layer (above freezing) in the atmosphere, causing it to be rain. Before reaching the ground, the rain enters a thin layer of air that is at or ...

According to the National Weather Service, freezing rain is what happens when snow completely melts as it falls through a warmer layer of air and begins to refreeze as it passes through a thin ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Clouds continue to stream across our region today ahead of a developing storm system to our southwest. This system will bring widespread precipitation to our region, starting ...