heavy snowfall
Whiteout winter weather
Heavy snowfall is a large accumulation of snow in a short period, typically enough to disrupt travel and daily activities.
Weather services define it variously—often six inches or more in twelve hours.
Schools closed due to heavy snowfall.
The phrase emphasizes intensity and volume rather than duration.
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
- snowstormHeavy winter precipitation event
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- lake effect snowMoisture from unfrozen bodies
- snowdriftWind-gathered snow pile
nor'easter · snowplow · snow squall · avalanche · winter wonderland · white Christmas · winter storm · snow emergency · snowbound · snowed in · snow day · school closing · snow shovel · polar vortex · snowmageddon · sleet · winter tires · road closure
- northern weatherblizzard, blizzards, cold snap, cold, cold snaps
- Snowbeltlake effect snow, lake effect, Great Lakes region, snow squalls, Syracuse
- lake-effect weatherlake-effect snow, lake effect snow, snow bands
precipitation type
heavy snowfallheavy rainfall
Intense sustained precipitation
torrential rain · monsoon · heat wave · downpour · scorching heat