ground blizzards
Wind-driven snow swirls
Ground blizzards occur when strong winds lift already-fallen snow from the surface, creating blizzard conditions without new precipitation.
Visibility drops dramatically as loose snow swirls across open terrain.
The phenomenon is common in prairies and plains where flat land offers no windbreak: Travelers were stranded when ground blizzards closed the highway.
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
- zero visibilityNo sight possible
- snowdriftWind-gathered snow pile
- meteorologyStudy of atmospheric phenomena
- snowsquallBrief intense winter storm
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