light snow
Dusting from above
Light snow is snowfall of low intensity, with small flakes falling sparsely rather than heavily.
Weather forecasts use it to indicate minor accumulation: Light snow is expected overnight, with less than an inch predicted.
The phrase can also describe a thin covering already on the ground: A light snow dusted the fields.
- flurriesBrief, light precipitation
- dustingRemoving surface grime
- frostThin ice coating
- fresh powderNewly fallen, uncompacted snow
- powderFine dry particles
frosty morning · flakes · winter · winter wonderland · cold · sprinkle · squall · chill · delicate · whisper · gentle · coating · white · drift · quiet · hush · melt · gray
- snow conditionspowder, packed powder, groomed, hardpack, icy
- snow typesblizzard, flurries, powder, dusting
- winter stormsblizzard, whiteout, flurries, squall, nor'easter
- weatherweather, rain, sun, wind, cloud
- precipitationrain, hail, drizzle, sleet, rainfall
- Snowsnowpack, snowfield, snowbank, snowdrift, snowstorm
light snowblizzard
Violent prolonged snowstorm
heavy snow · snowstorm · whiteout · driving snow · nor'easter
light snowheavy rain
Intense sustained precipitation
downpour · torrential rain · scorching heat · thunderstorm · blazing sun
light, snow, lights, snows, lighted, lit, lighting, lighter, lightest