wintry mix


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wintry mix

n.
Precipitation consisting of a mixture or succession of two or more forms among rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow.
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More rain is expected overnight, especially along North Sea coasts, and showers will fall as a wintry mix over hills as temperatures drop towards the freezing mark.
He said snow and a "wintry mix" could affect some central and north-western parts of the UK, with blustery conditions and high winds expected across much of southern England.
And though the first day of operation was met with the kind of challenges brought by the spillovers of an early March wintry mix, Monday morning commuting went smoothly on this new public transit option, officials said.
A winter storm will deliver a combination of heavy snow, rain, and a wintry mix, followed by a blast of record-setting cold temperatures across the United States.
A wintry mix of ice and snow is expected to hit the area at about 3 a.m.
Low pressure piling in from the Atlantic will signal the start of a turbulent week for the UK with a wicked wintry mix of heavy rain, sleet and snow set to plague many areas of the country.
A wintry mix with freezing rain is likely to develop to the north from Texas and Oklahoma into the lower Mississippi Valley and Alabama into the day on Sunday, raising prospects for sleet in portions of the Deep South.
A Met Eireann forecaster said: "The overnight wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow will clear Ulster during the morning with bright or sunny intervals and showers following.
It was dark, and the weather included the dreaded wintry mix. We were north of New York City approaching Long Island Sound and it had been eerily quiet on the approach frequency for several minutes.
The wintry mix had already caused twoweather-related traffic deaths inMississippiand three innorthern Texasearlier in the week, authorities said.
That afternoon, as a wintry mix accumulated, schools and government offices were let out early, as were tens of thousands of private workers.