Soft rime

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Term: Soft rime
Definition: A white, opaque coating of fine rime deposited chiefly on vertical surfaces, especially on points and edges of objects, generally in supercooled fog. On the windward side, soft rime may grow to very thick layers, long feathery cones, or needles pointing into the wind and having a structure similar to that of frost.  AMSglossary 

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Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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