Open AccessPredicting road hazards caused by rain, freezing rain and wet surfaces and the role of weather radar
Author(s) -
Symons Leslie,
Perry Allen
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
meteorological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1469-8080
pISSN - 1350-4827
DOI - 10.1017/s1350482797000339
Subject(s) - nowcasting , freezing rain , environmental science , precipitation , meteorology , radar , winter storm , weather radar , severe weather , climatology , storm , geography , computer science , geology , telecommunications
Freezing rain in the winter of 1995/96 has drawn attention to the severity of black‐ice problems on British roads, additional to the normal increased hazards presented to drivers by any form of precipitation. Disruption to traffic was considerable on several days. Weather radar provides improved nowcasting, for both winter and summer conditions, where available real time directly to highway engineers, but this is not yet generally the case in England and Wales. New developments from the Meteorological Office offer improved possibilities at reasonable costs. Copyright © 1997 Royal Meteorological Society.