seasonal thaw
Ice finally melting
Seasonal thaw is the annual melting of snow and ice as temperatures rise, typically in spring.
The phrase also describes a predictable warming in relations or attitudes that recurs at regular intervals: the seasonal thaw in tourism restrictions, a seasonal thaw in diplomatic tensions before the holidays.
- frost heaveSoil expansion from ice
- meltingSolid-to-liquid transition
- snowpackAccumulated mountain winter layers
- runoffExcess water drainage
- freshetSnowmelt-driven flood
flooding · meltwater · sublimation · vernal · mud boots · road maintenance · snow mold · erosion · infiltration · frost line · flood management · snowmelt · ice breakup · ice out · slush · puddles · icicles · cabin fever
- Arctic ShippingNorthern Sea Route, icebreakers, shipping lanes
seasonal thawhard freeze
Extended sub-freezing temperatures
deep freeze · freeze-up · winter freeze · freezing · frost
seasonal thawdiplomatic freeze
Suspension of formal relations
Cold War · cold war · ice age · estrangement · standoff