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I R A Darth Aggie · January 18th 07, 04:34 PM posted to sci.geo.meteorology

On 18 Jan 2007 05:45:12 -0800,
, in
. com wrote:
+ When ambient temperatures are below freezing, is it possible for
+ precipitation to be in the form of drizzle (ie liquid state), or is it
+ always sleet (frozen state)?

It is possible. Super-cooled liquid water can exist to temperatures as
low as -40C. Which happens to be a source of icing on aircraft inflight.

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