winter conditions
Ice and snow
Winter conditions refers to weather and environmental circumstances typical of the cold season—snow, ice, freezing temperatures, and reduced visibility.
The phrase appears most often in warnings and advisories: Roads are hazardous due to winter conditions, The game was postponed because of winter conditions.
It implies circumstances that make travel dangerous or outdoor activity difficult.
- snowstormHeavy winter precipitation event
- snowplowVehicle clearing frozen precipitation
- icicleHanging frozen water spike
- polar vortexPersistent circulating cold air mass
- cold snapBrief period of bitter chill
sub-zero temperatures · ice fog · hibernation · cabin fever · snowdrift · frost heave · parka · blizzard · snowpack · wind chill · sleet · road closures · snow shovel · solstice · whiteout · hail · freezing rain · earmuffs
- winter coldsnowstorm, snow, cold front, ice, arctic air
- POW campsPOW, POW camp, prison camp, prisoners, prisoner
winter conditionssummer heat
Warm season's high temperatures
warm weather · hot weather · fair weather · mild weather · temperate climate
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