Rain an occluded front, with thunderstorms possible, but usually their passage is associated with a drying of the air mass. Occluded fronts usually form around mature low-pressure areas. What separates rainfall from other precipitation types, such as ice pellets and snow, is the presence of a thick layer of air aloft which is above the melting point of water, which melts the frozen precipitation well before it reaches the ground. If there is a shallow near surface layer that is below freezing, freezing rain (rain which freezes on contact with surfaces in subfreezing environments) will result. Hail becomes an increasingly infrequent
What the Snow Brings Makie, the jockey who seems to have lost her touch. He also finds Unryu at the stable, the horse that cost him his money at the "banmei", and who may be heading for the slaughterhouse. "What the Snow Brings" played at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2005 and was released theatrically in Japan on May 20, 2006. In September 2007, it had a showing at the 2007 Raindance Film Festival. 18th Tokyo International Film Festival 28th Yokohama Film Festival 31st Hochi Film Awards What the Snow Brings Manabu Yazaki had left his family's home in Hokkaidō years before