snowstorm
Flurry gone wild
A snowstorm is a weather event in which snow falls heavily, often with strong winds.
Severe snowstorms with high winds and reduced visibility are called blizzards.
The snowstorm shut down the highways.
We got six inches from that snowstorm.
Snow blindness weather
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- galeSevere sustained wind
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- nor'easterNortheastern coastal storm system
flurries · whirlwind · wintry mix · polar vortex · Alberta clipper · lake effect · bomb cyclone · snowsquall
Left without means to leave
- trafficMovement along routes
- delaysPauses before proceeding
- closuresActs of sealing shut
- cancellationsOfficial voidings of arrangements
power outage · accidents · gridlock · emergency · hazard · treacherous · impassable · whiteout
Extremely cold
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
frigid · arctic · icy · chill · numbness · shiver · windchill · bone-chilling
Moving material with a blade tool
- plowTool for turning soil
- snowblowerPowered winter precipitation remover
- saltSodium chloride compound
- scrapingRubbing away material
fireplace · cocoa · hibernation · hunkering · cabin fever · school closing · stockpiling · bundled
whiteout
Snow blindness weather
nor'easter · flurries · whirlwind · wintry mix · polar vortex · Alberta clipper · lake effect · bomb cyclone · snowsquall
stranded
Left without means to leave
cancellations · power outage · accidents · gridlock · emergency · hazard · treacherous · impassable · whiteout · dangerous
freezing
Extremely cold
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
bitter · frigid · arctic · icy · chill · numbness · shiver · windchill · bone-chilling · biting
shoveling
Moving material with a blade tool
- plowTool for turning soil
- snowblowerPowered winter precipitation remover
- saltSodium chloride compound
scraping · fireplace · cocoa · hibernation · hunkering · cabin fever · school closing · stockpiling · bundled · woolens
precipitation
Atmospheric water deposit
meteorology · doppler · radar · visibility · barometer · front · system · overcast · tracking · accumulation
drifts
Moves without direction
heaping · burial · ridges · windblown · sculpted · berms · powder · blanket
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, checkout
- weatherweather, rain, sun, wind, cloud
- precipitationrain, hail, drizzle, sleet, rainfall
- Snowblizzard, powder, flurry, flurries, drift
- northern weatherblizzard, blizzards, cold snap, cold, cold snaps
- severe weatherblizzard, hurricane, cyclone, hailstorm, derecho
snowstormclear skies
Absence of cloud cover
calm · fair weather · mild weather · quiet · clearness
snowstormclearness
Absence of obscurity
blue sky · stillness · tranquility · serenity · sunny day
snowstormheat wave
Extended extreme warmth
drought · scorching sun · summer heat · hot spell · scorcher