soft rime

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• Soft rime — is a white ice deposition that forms when the water droplets in light freezing fog or mist freeze to the outer surfaces of objects, with calm or light wind. The fog freezes usually to the windward side of tree branches, wires, or any other solid… …   Wikipedia

• Rime — is a coating of ice:*Hard rime, white ice that forms when water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects, such as trees *Soft rime, similar to hard rime, but feathery and milky in appearanceRime is also an alternate spelling of… …   Wikipedia

• Hard rime — is a white ice that forms when the water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects. It is often seen on trees atop mountains and ridges in winter, when low hanging clouds cause freezing fog. This fog freezes to the windward (wind… …   Wikipedia

• Hrimthurs — In Norse mythology, hrímthurs ( rime giant, though commonly translated as frost giant ) is any one of the particular tribe of giants who are made of ice and inhabit Niflheim, a land of eternal cold.For the origins of the frost giants, see… …   Wikipedia

• Cencellada blanca — La cencellada blanca o cinarra es un hidrometeoro consistente en la formación de plumas y agujas de hielo blanco, causado por la congelación de gotas subfundidas de la niebla helada a las superficies de objetos. Se produce cuando existe niebla o… …   Wikipedia Español

• Ice — This article is about water ice. For the broader concept of ices as used in the planetary sciences, see volatiles. For other uses, see Ice (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• White frost — is a solid deposition of ice which forms directly from water vapour contained in air. White frost forms when there is a relative humidity above 90% and a temperature below 8 °C (18 °F). The developing heat is then transferred to air by convection …   Wikipedia

• Snow — Snowfall redirects here. For other uses, see Snow (disambiguation) or Snowfall (disambiguation). Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. The process of… …   Wikipedia

• Types of snow — Hoar frost that grows on the snow surface due to water vapor moving up through the snow on cold, clear nights Types of snow can be designated by the shape of its flakes, description of how it is falling, and by how it collects on the ground. A… …   Wikipedia

• Frost — is the solid deposition of water vapor from saturated air. It is formed when solid surfaces are cooled to below the dew point of the adjacent air. [cite web |url=http://www.weatherquestions.com/What causes frost.htm |title=What causes frost?… …   Wikipedia

• glacier — glaciered, adj. /glay sheuhr/, n. an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of… …   Universalium