A report on Winter storm
Event in which wind coincides with varieties of precipitation that only occur at freezing temperatures, such as snow, mixed snow and rain, or freezing rain.
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Blizzard
5 linksA blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds and low visibility, lasting for a prolonged period of time—typically at least three or four hours.
Snow
1 linksSnow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes.
Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes.
Snowstorms organize and develop by feeding on sources of atmospheric moisture and cold air.
Storm
1 linksAny disturbed state of an environment or in an astronomical body's atmosphere especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather.
Any disturbed state of an environment or in an astronomical body's atmosphere especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather.
It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain (ice storm), strong winds (tropical cyclone, windstorm), or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere as in a dust storm, blizzard, sandstorm, etc.
North American blizzard of 1947
1 linksRecord-breaking snowfall that began without prediction on Christmas and brought the northeastern United States to a standstill.
Record-breaking snowfall that began without prediction on Christmas and brought the northeastern United States to a standstill.
The snowstorm was described as the worst blizzard after 1888.
February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm
0 linksThe February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm, unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Uri by the Weather Channel, was a major winter and ice storm that had widespread impacts across the United States, Northern Mexico, and parts of Canada from February 13 to 17.
1993 Storm of the Century
1 linksLarge cyclonic storm that formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 1993.
Large cyclonic storm that formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 1993.
By March 8, 1993, several operational numerical weather prediction models and medium-range forecasters at the United States National Weather Service recognized the threat of a significant snowstorm.
Ground blizzard
1 linksLifted and blown by strong winds.
Lifted and blown by strong winds.
They can be especially dangerous as they occur after a winter storm has passed, when it is assumed that all forms of severe winter weather has ended.
Graupel
0 linksPrecipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets in air are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, forming 2 - 5 mm balls of crisp, opaque rime.
Precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets in air are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, forming 2 - 5 mm balls of crisp, opaque rime.
However, both Hail and Graupel are common in thunderstorms with cumulonimbus clouds, though graupel also falls in winter storms, and at higher elevations as well.
January 1998 North American ice storm
0 linksMassive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the United States.
Massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the United States.
Snow is produced at upper levels in such a winter storm system, but it eventually melts into rain as it falls through a warm air layer of above-freezing temperature (of at least 1200 ft in-depth) associated with the overrunning.
December 2005 North American ice storm
0 linksThe December 2005 North American ice storm was a damaging winter storm that produced extensive ice damage in a large portion of the Southern United States from December 14–16, 2005, while extensive snowfall was reported across portions of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.