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 Introduction Rime is a type of ice that appears as a white or milky opaque color. Rime occurs when water droplets hit an object at temperatures at or below freezing. (2) Rime Icing is more likely to form in a stratus type cloud with temperatures ranging from -9 degrees celsius to -15 degrees celsius. (4) Rime can also be called atmospheric icing. (5)  Dangers When Rime Icing forms on an aircraft it can severely distort the shape of the airfoil, therefore diminishing its lift and performance. (1) Click here to watch a video about how rime impacts airplanesAlong with that, if mountains are covered with rime, it could be slippery.

 ﻿ Conditions of Formation  For rime icing to occur temperatures have to be in the negatives and there has to be condensation in the air. When water droplets hit an object with temperatures at or below freezing, the milky white and opaque granular will deposit. This will form the rime that appears on trees and bushes. If you want a better description from a guy from Vermont click here

Historical Examples Continental flight 3407 departed from Newar on February 12, 2009 it later crashed into a house in a suburb of Buffalo, a total of 50 people were killed in the crash two pilots, two flight attendants, 45 passengers and one person who was in the house at the time. There were many factors that had to do with the crash of this flight but one of them had to do with rime ice. In Buffalo there was a lot if ice at the time. (1)

 Safety Even though the Rime can't effect roads severely, it can still affect For aircraft safety most staff and pilots are trained in how to get ice off the aircraft of how to "deice" an aircraft. (3)

 Sources "What Caused Continental Flight 3407 to Crash?: Did Rim Ice Contribute to the Colgan Air Buffalo Accident?" Suite101.com: Online Magazine and Writers' Network. Web. 30 Nov. 2010. (1) .

Cosgrove, Brian, Karl Shone, and Keith Percival. Weather. New York: Knopf, 1991. Print. (2)

"EzineArticles.com Terms of Service for Authors." EzineArticles Submission - Submit Your Best Quality Original Articles For Massive Exposure, Ezine Publishers Get 25 Free Article Reprints. Web. 30 Nov. 2010. (3) .

"Rime (Rime Icing)." Re//pair ans Maintenance Manuals-Intergrated Publishing.// Web. 20 Nov. 2010. (4) .

"A Stochastic Model of Atmospheric Rime Icing." Canada. Web. 1 Dec. 2010. (5) 