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Answer for the clue "Tom cries uncontrollably — it's cold and windy ", 9 letters:
ice storm

Word definitions for ice storm in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
An ice storm is a type of winter storm characterized by freezing rain , also known as a glaze event or, in some parts of the United States, as a silver thaw . The U.S. National Weather Service defines an ice storm as a storm which results in the accumulation ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A storm in which rain freezes on contact with the ground to form a sheet of ice.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a storm with freezing rain that leaves everything glazed with ice [syn: silver storm ]

Usage examples of ice storm.

Even if you _did_ get some sort of bearing from it, in the darkness and the ice storm you could still miss the camp--or what's left of it--by only a hundred yards and never know it.

The shrieking fury of the ice storm showed no signs of diminishing.

That morning the skies had dawned crystal clear when she left the ship, but they soon turned dark and vanished when the ice storm swept over the ice.