There are several factors that go into making an ice storm and a sleet or snow storm. Temperature has a lot to do with this if not everything to do with what happens if we are to get precipitation. When the meteorologist calls for an ice storm there is a lot that goes into knowing how and why it will be ice instead of snow. First and for most the earth’s surface temperature has to reach the freezing point of 32 F. This lets us know that anything type of precipitation will freeze once it hits the ground. If the temperature between the clouds and the surface is above freezing the precipitation that falls will be rain instead of ice or snow. Rain only turns into freezing rain when the surface of earth is below freezing. If it is not below freezing
