snow squalls
Sudden flurry bursts
Snow squalls are brief, intense bursts of heavy snowfall accompanied by strong winds, causing sudden whiteout conditions and rapid snow accumulation.
Unlike sustained snowstorms, they pass quickly—often within an hour—but can be dangerous, especially for drivers who encounter them without warning: A snow squall reduced visibility to near zero on the highway.
- flurriesBrief, light precipitation
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
- zero visibilityNo sight possible
- gustsSudden bursts of air
- winterYear's coldest quarter
winter storm warning · ice · black ice · visibility · driving · travel advisory · sudden · sudden onset · burst · lake-effect · windshield · highway · powder · freezing · wind chill · bitter · howling · drifts
- winterice, cold, frozen, frost, icicle
- driving weathericy roads, wet roads, slippery roads, hydroplaning, black ice
- northern weatherblizzard, blizzards, cold snap, cold, cold snaps
- Snowbeltlake effect, Great Lakes region, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo
- winter weatherblizzards, blizzard, snowstorms, winter storms, freezing rain
- lake-effect weather
snow squallsrain showers
Brief periods of precipitation
thunderstorms · monsoon rain · summer rain · warm rain · drizzle
snow squallsclear skies
Absence of cloud cover
fair weather · sunshine · blue skies · mild weather · stillness
snow, squall, snows, snowy, snowier, snowiest, snowfall, snowflake, snowstorm