blizzarding
Whiteout conditions happening
Blizzarding describes weather conditions resembling a blizzard—heavy snow driven by strong winds: It's blizzarding outside, so we're staying in.
The word functions as a present participle of blizzard used as a verb, though this usage remains informal.
It can also describe metaphorical storms of activity or information: Notifications were blizzarding across my screen.
Brief, light precipitation
- snowflakesFrozen precipitation crystals
- driftsMoves without direction
- accumulationCollected mass over time
- powderFine dry particles
crystals · snowfall · snowpack · snowbank · swirling · pelting · driving · horizontal
Freezing of body tissue
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- black iceInvisible frozen road surface
slippery · accident · traffic · closure · delay · emergency · warning · drifts
Sudden bursts of air
- galeSevere sustained wind
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
- whippingRepeated striking blows
- bitingHarshly critical or cold
cutting · driving · squall · windswept · buffeting · roaring · whistling · shrieking
Violently uncontrolled
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- violentInvolving physical force
- powerfulHaving great strength
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
severe · extreme · ferocious · brutal · merciless · furious · howling · pounding
Of extreme northern cold
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
- freezingExtremely cold
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
bitter · cold snap · icy · glacial · windchill · frozen · tundra · January
Range of clear sight
- zeroNumerical absence of quantity
- blindingPainfully intense light
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- blanketSoft bed covering
shroud · veil · impenetrable · engulfed · swallowed · obliterated · disorienting · lost
flurries
Brief, light precipitation
- snowflakesFrozen precipitation crystals
- driftsMoves without direction
- accumulationCollected mass over time
powder · crystals · snowfall · snowpack · snowbank · swirling · pelting · driving · horizontal · relentless
frostbite
Freezing of body tissue
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
black ice · slippery · accident · traffic · closure · delay · emergency · warning · drifts · perilous
gusts
Sudden bursts of air
biting · cutting · driving · squall · windswept · buffeting · roaring · whistling · shrieking · blustery
raging
Violently uncontrolled
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- violentInvolving physical force
- powerfulHaving great strength
overwhelming · severe · extreme · ferocious · brutal · merciless · furious · howling · pounding · battering
arctic
Of extreme northern cold
frigid · bitter · cold snap · icy · glacial · windchill · frozen · tundra · January · February
visibility
Range of clear sight
blanket · shroud · veil · impenetrable · engulfed · swallowed · obliterated · disorienting · lost · navigation